Subject: Bug#4076: shadow-package (not a deb-format-archive)

From: Michael Gaertner <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 8 Aug 1996 13:01:48 +0200 (MET DST)

Package: shadow
Version: 960530-1

with dpkg 1.2.13elf:

./shadow_960530-1_i386.deb

prints:
"dpkg-deb: 'shadow...' is not a debian format archive"

Michael Gaertner <[email-masked]>
Tel/Fax +49-761-32684

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From: Ian Jackson <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 10 Aug 96 00:29 BST

> "dpkg-deb: 'shadow...' is not a debian format archive"

Did you download it in binary mode ?  It looks OK on the mirror here.

If your file is corrupted could you send it to me, uuencoded, and I'll
try to make dpkg-deb spot this rather common mistake.

Ian.

-chiark:debian> md5sum project/experimental/shadow_960530-1_i386.deb 7424ba0389551c0bcfe7cce56c7874d9  project/experimental/shadow_960530-1_i386.deb
-chiark:debian> dpkg -I project/experimental/shadow_960530-1_i386.deb 
 new debian package, version 2.0.
 size 265880 bytes: control archive= 758 bytes.
      34 bytes,     2 lines      conffiles            
     501 bytes,    13 lines      control              
     327 bytes,    20 lines   *  postinst             #!/bin/sh
     171 bytes,    11 lines   *  prerm                #!/bin/sh
 Package: shadow
 Version: 960530-1
 Maintainer: Michael Meskes <[email-masked]>
 Description: Manage shadow password and group files
  Shadow passwords shadow the passwords from the /etc/passwd file into 
  the /etc/shadow file. Thus only root is (ideally) able to read the 
  encrypted passwords.
 Depends: libc5 (>=5.2.18-9)
 Architecture: i386
 Replaces: login,passwd,miscutils
 Conflicts: sudo (<<1.4.1-1), wu-ftpd (<<2.4-20), netstd (<<2.04-1), xlockmore (<<3.9-0)
 Section: experimental
 Priority: extra
-chiark:debian> 
-chiark:debian>

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From: Michael Gaertner <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 12 Aug 1996 13:10:45 +0200 (MET DST)

> try to make dpkg-deb spot this rather common mistake.
Sorry, I rm'd it.

> Ian.

The maintainer can close this bugreport. I got a fresh one from
feivel.informatik.rwth-aachen.de and this time all works well.