On Wed, 08 Jun 2011 20:43:41 +0200 Sven Joachim <svenj...@gmx.de> wrote:
> On 2011-06-08 19:51 +0200, Brian wrote: > > > On Wed 08 Jun 2011 at 11:58:42 -0400, Frank McCormick wrote: > > > >> > >> Am I the only one still seeing Midnight Commander parse errors when > >> trying to look inside deb files ? This has been going on , in my case > >> for two months now. Is there a solution ? > > > > It's the time to use ar -x. Or be patient. > > Nah, neither. This is free software after all… > > > http://www.midnight-commander.org/ticket/2552 > > …and there's even a patch available! The bug is in a perl script > (/usr/lib/mc/extfs.d/deb) that you can edit directly if you don't care > about debsums complaining: > > --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- > --- deb.orig 2010-09-08 00:00:00.000000000 +0200 > +++ deb 2011-05-10 15:46:07.000000000 +0200 > @@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ > { > while(<PIPEIN>) > { > - split; > + @_ = split; > > $perm=$_[0]; $owgr=$_[1]; $size=$_[2]; > if($_[3] =~ /^\d\d\d\d\-/) { # New tar format > @@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ > { > while(<PIPEIN>) > { > - split; > + @_ = split; > $size=$_[0]; > last if $size =~ /:/; > next if $size !~ /\d+/; > --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- > > Rebuilding the package is of course cleaner, but I was too lazy to > do that. I was too lazy even to use patch. I edited the file directly. It works! Thanks -- -- Frank -- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110608172921.a5b9ab01.debianl...@videotron.ca
