On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 18:50:35 +0200, Raphael Hertzog wrote: > Hello, > > On Sun, 25 Sep 2011, Guillem Jover wrote: > > > $ sudo apt-get install dpkg-dev > [...] > > > tar: unrecognized option `--warning=no-timestamp' > > > Try `tar --help' or `tar --usage' for more information. > > > dpkg-deb: error: subprocess tar returned error exit status 64 > > > dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/dpkg-dev_1.16.1_all.deb > > > (--unpack): > > > subprocess dpkg-deb --control returned error exit status 2 > [...] > > > I manually unpacked the latest tar package (version 1.26-2) with ar > > > and tar, and overwrote /bin/tar . dpkg worked again. > > > > The tar version introducing those options was 1.23, present in > > squeeze. So it seems you are trying to upgrade a system with packages > > still from lenny to a mix of squeeze and sid? > > > > This is generally not supported, but I also agree this outcome is not > > desirable either, I'll probably add a versioned Pre-Depends on the > > required tar, after running it through debian-devel. > > So cc-ing debian-devel with this mail. Does anyone have an objection > against dpkg adding this "tar (>= 1.23)" pre-dependency? > > For reference it's the fix for #640298 that added the --warning=no-timestamp > option. > Couldn't dpkg figure out from tar --version whether it can add the option?
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