it's native ar format, i believe. -- k h a o s * lamer new name, new look, new ftp: linuxxxxx.dyn.dhs.org (change FOUR letter) upload something before downloading, or your class C IP banned. ----- Original Message ----- From: "User zos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "John Bagdanoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <debian-user@lists.debian.org> Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2001 12:06 AM Subject: Re: mc (Midnight Commander): View (F3) does not work on a .deb file?
> > I get the same red boxed error message with F-3, and just a flashing > > screen with an 'enter' > > When I quit mc, the xterm says: > > > > gzip: mpcb_0.4-2_i386.deb: not in gzip format > > > > John > > It seems like the file associations are incorrectly set. For example, with > MC I know that if you wish to view a .jpg it will load an image viewer for > it. I don't know what compression format .deb files use though, nor have I > ever played with mc's configuration files, but I know that is something > that could probably be easily remedied with a bit of reading. :P > > -z- > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
