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Hi guys, sorry for my bad en, i promise, i will study it...

Sometimes i use N900 to make a deb file, for me it's more easy becouse i don't waste time to power on the computer.. I can't create deb files by some days, i don't know the cause..

I use to make the deb file using the following structure

work directory

/home/user/WORK/NEW-FOLDER

in NEW-FOLDER i have

DEBIAN
usr
opt
..etcetc..

First of all, i run this from /home/user/WORK# chmod -R +rwx *
chmod -R 775 *
when i start with dpkg -b NEW-FOLDER NEW-FILE-NAME.deb i have this error:

unknown command --format=gnu error in line 1 use tar -cf..

then, i tried to resolve it by myself uninstalling tar, gnu-tar, dpkg, and reinstalling them again... the error is still here... i tryed dpkg --configure -a, apt-get --fix-missing, autoremove, etc... Nothing.. Can u help me to resolve it ?
I need to create deb files from my n900 using the DPKG-DEB command...
 
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I'd suggest tracking down which version of tar is being used - from the error, it sounds like it's using the busybox version rather than the gnu one. Use "which tar" along with "ls -l" to check.
 

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Originally Posted by Rob1n View Post
I'd suggest tracking down which version of tar is being used - from the error, it sounds like it's using the busybox version rather than the gnu one. Use "which tar" along with "ls -l" to check.
is it all?? r u sure? does it fix it??
it shows this one on the xterm

IT WORKSS AHHAHAHAHAHAHA THANKUUUUU
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