[Pkg-ia32-libs-maintainers] Bug#535349: Bug#535349: Installing any ia32-.. package fails

[Goswin von Brederlow]

MP <singularita at gmail.com> writes:

> Package: ia32-libs-tools
> Version: 18
>
> When trying to install any ia32-.... package ("apt-get install
> ia32-libdrm2" for example) on amd64 system (debian unstable), I get
> error like this:
>
> Unpacking ia32-libdrm2 (from .../ia32-libdrm2_2.4.11-1~18_amd64.deb) ...
> dch warning: new version (2.4.11-1~18) is less than
> the current version number (2.4.11-1).
> dpkg: error processing
> /var/cache/apt/archives/ia32-libdrm2_2.4.11-1~18_amd64.deb (--unpack):
>  corrupted filesystem tarfile - corrupted package archive

I've only seen that in 2 cases:
1) /tmp was full
2) the dpkg-deb wrapper outputs something to stdout instead of stderr

> since ia32-.... packages are getting autoconverted from i386 packages,
> I guess the bug is in the conversion process, thus probably in
> ia32-libs-tool package
>
> When I try to directly install the package by dpkg:
> dpkg -i /var/cache/apt/archives/ia32-libdrm2_2.4.11-1~18_amd64.deb
>
> ... then the result is the same

Could you please run

sh -x dpkg-deb --fsys-tarfile /var/cache/apt/archives/ia32-libdrm2_2.4.11-1~18_amd64.deb >tarfile 2>stderr

and attach that to this bugreport?

MfG
        Goswin