* On 09-07-01 at 17:29 Faheem Mitha ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: +----Here quoted text begins----+ > > > On Mon, 9 Jul 2001, Shaul Karl wrote: > > > Trying to View (F3) a deb file from within mc (Midnight Commander) gives me > > a > > red Error box with the message: `Empty output from child filter' > > Hey, are you actually hitting F3 to view a deb file? The correct action, > AFAIK, is to hit enter, and mc will display the virtual file system of the > deb for you. When you want to view the files *inside* the deb, you need to > press F3. > > Though F3 on a deb should not give you a error message. I think it should > give you a listing of the files inside the deb or perhaps some gibberish > in an attempt to display the actual (binary) deb file, depending on your > setup. > > Similar things work for rpms, tar, and tar.gz files, by the way. > > Again, try going with an out of the box setup. > > Faheem. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] +----and here the quote ends----+ This problem appeares AFAIK only on testing and unstable, it works just fine on stable (potato). I have the same problem on my testing and unstable machines.
Bostjan -- Boštjan Müller [NEONATUS], [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://neonatus.net/~neonatus For my PGP key finger: [EMAIL PROTECTED], RSA id: 0x90178DBD, ICQ #:7506644 Celular: +386(0)41243189, Powered by Debian GNU/LiNUX , Student of VFUL I just got lost in thought... It was unfamiliar territory.
