[CMake] CPack: Debian package will not install on Linix-ppc

Bill Somerville bill at classdesign.com
Wed Nov 25 18:01:05 EST 2015


Hi All,

we are trying to get our Debian install package to install on a Linux 
PowerPC system running

$ sudo dpkg -i wsjtx-prefix/build/wsjtx_1.6.0-rc2_powerpc.deb
[sudo] password for g0oan:
(Reading database ... 281162 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../wsjtx_1.6.0-rc2_powerpc.deb ...
Unpacking wsjtx (1.6.0-rc2) ...
dpkg: error processing archive 
wsjtx-prefix/build/wsjtx_1.6.0-rc2_powerpc.deb (--install):
  corrupted filesystem tarfile - corrupted package archive
dpkg-deb: error: subprocess paste was killed by signal (Broken pipe)
Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.4-1) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.22-1ubuntu3) ...
Processing triggers for bamfdaemon 
(0.5.2~bzr0+15.10.20150627.1-0ubuntu1) ...
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf-2.index...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.58ubuntu1) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
  wsjtx-prefix/build/wsjtx_1.6.0-rc2_powerpc.deb

The system is Ubuntu Mate 15.10 on a G5 IMac and the package was built 
on the same system.

CMake script is here:

https://sourceforge.net/p/wsjt/wsjt/HEAD/tree/branches/wsjtx-1.6/CMakeLists.txt

I think the error is bogus because the package unpacks into a specified 
directory using 'dpkg -x <package> <dir>' or 'dpkg -X <package> <dir>' 
just fine.

Any Ideas?

Regards
Bill.


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