Re: Bug#2048: Broken pipe from dpkg to head

1995-12-19 Thread Bruce Perens
I think Ian means that if the downstream program exits before the upstream program, you'll get this message. Head is going to do that, it's a feature. I would like to maintain our reputation for gentle answers, thus "RTFM" should be avoided, and "RTFM a 138K document" should not be considered an a

Re: Bug#2048: Broken pipe from dpkg to head

1995-12-19 Thread Bill Mitchell
Ian Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > RTFM bash(1). Thanks for the pointer, Ian. I'm sure that you thought that it would be very helpful

Re: Bug#2048: Broken pipe from dpkg to head

1995-12-19 Thread Ian Jackson
Bill Mitchell writes ("Bug#2048: Broken pipe from dpkg to head"): > root:work# dpkg --info less*deb | head -1 > old debian package, version 0.939000. > Broken pipe Richard Kettlewell writes ("Bug#2048: Broken pipe from dpkg to head"): > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:richar

Bug#2048: Broken pipe from dpkg to head

1995-12-19 Thread Richard Kettlewell
However: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:richard$ ls -l | head -1 total 19792 Broken pipe [EMAIL PROTECTED]:richard$ Bill Mitchell writes: > >PACKAGE: dpkg >VERSION: 1.0.7 > >Script started on Mon Dec 18 21:19:37 1995 >root:work# dpkg --info less*deb | head -1 > old debian package, version 0.939000. >Broken p

Bug#2048: Broken pipe from dpkg to head

1995-12-19 Thread Bill Mitchell
PACKAGE: dpkg VERSION: 1.0.7 Script started on Mon Dec 18 21:19:37 1995 root:work# dpkg --info less*deb | head -1 old debian package, version 0.939000. Broken pipe root:work# dpkg --info less*deb >x root:work# head -1 x old debian package, version 0.939000. root:work# cat x | head -1 old debia