deb vfs error

[mc-butler]

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This issue was migrated from Trac:

Origin	https://midnight-commander.org/ticket/2844
Reporter	gv (gabriel@….net)

1. wget ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/v/virtualbox/virtualbox_4.1.18-dfsg-1_i386.deb
2. run /usr/bin/mc
3. Press enter on virtualbox_4.1.18-dfsg-1_i386.deb

Error
dpkg-deb: file `/home/[deleted]/virtualbox_4.1.18-dfsg-1_i386.deb' contains ununderstood data member data.tar.xz , giving up

[mc-butler]

Changed by andrew_b (@aborodin) on Jul 17, 2012 at 10:53 UTC (comment 1)

Please run

dpkg-deb -c virtualbox_4.1.18-dfsg-1_i386.deb

and show the result.

[mc-butler]

Changed by gv (gabriel@….net) on Jul 17, 2012 at 11:06 UTC (comment 2)

$ dpkg-deb -c virtualbox_4.1.18-dfsg-1_i386.deb
dpkg-deb: file `virtualbox_4.1.18-dfsg-1_i386.deb' contains ununderstood data member data.tar.xz , giving up

[mc-butler]

Changed by andrew_b (@aborodin) on Jul 17, 2012 at 11:19 UTC (comment 2.3)

• Milestone Future Releases deleted
• Status changed from new to closed
• Resolution set to invalid

Replying to gv:

dpkg-deb: file `virtualbox_4.1.18-dfsg-1_i386.deb' contains ununderstood data member data.tar.xz , giving up

mc itself doesn't parse deb or rpm packets. mc uses output of deb-dpkg or rpm utilities to get packet content.

So, this bug looks like bug of deb-dpkg utility or bug of VirtualBox packaging. Please assign this bug to Debian team. Thanks!

[mc-butler]

Changed by gv (gabriel@….net) on Jul 17, 2012 at 11:30 UTC (comment 4)

My test was on Fedora. On Debian dpkg-deb works fine:

# dpkg-deb -c virtualbox_4.1.18-dfsg-1_i386.deb
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2012-06-21 18:51 ./
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2012-06-21 18:51 ./etc/
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2012-06-21 18:51 ./etc/init.d/
-rwxr-xr-x root/root 6138 2012-04-05 13:24 ./etc/init.d/virtualbox
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2012-06-21 18:51 ./etc/default/
-rw-r--r-- root/root 669 2012-04-05 13:24 ./etc/default/virtualbox
....

But you're right, dpkg-deb from Fedora is old.