unpack-message-for-deb-data

Unpacking the contents of the data.tar.gz member of this installable package produced the listed error.

It probably means something is broken or the package was somehow constructed in a strange way.

The tag is present in Lintian version 2.114.163. That is the most recent version we know about.

We use semantic versions. The patch number is a commit step indicator relative to the 2.112.0 release tag in our Git repository.

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Visibility: error

The following 22 source packages in the archive triggered the tag 159 times (in any Lintian version).

We found 16 overrides. The tag performed 90% of the time.

acme

ar failed for usr/share/doc/acme/examples/c64doubledabble.a
ar failed for usr/share/doc/acme/examples/c64misc.a
ar failed for usr/share/doc/acme/examples/ddrv.a
ar failed for usr/share/doc/acme/examples/macedit.a
ar failed for usr/share/doc/acme/examples/me/const.a
ar failed for usr/share/doc/acme/examples/me/core.a
ar failed for usr/share/doc/acme/examples/me/cursor.a
ar failed for usr/share/doc/acme/examples/me/file.a
ar failed for usr/share/doc/acme/examples/me/macros.a
ar failed for usr/share/doc/acme/examples/me/out.a
ar failed for usr/share/doc/acme/examples/me/vars.a
ar failed for usr/share/doc/acme/examples/misc/basicstub.a
ar failed for usr/share/doc/acme/examples/misc/minibuf0.a
ar failed for usr/share/doc/acme/examples/misc/primm.a
ar failed for usr/share/doc/acme/examples/misc/print_string.a
ar failed for usr/share/doc/acme/examples/trigono.a

ar failed for usr/lib/arb/NAMES_COM/client.a
ar failed for usr/lib/arb/NAMES_COM/common.a
ar failed for usr/lib/arb/NAMES_COM/server.a
ar failed for usr/lib/arb/PROBE_COM/client.a
ar failed for usr/lib/arb/PROBE_COM/common.a
ar failed for usr/lib/arb/PROBE_COM/server.a
ar failed for usr/lib/arb/SL/ALIVIEW/ALIVIEW.a
ar failed for usr/lib/arb/SL/AP_TREE/AP_TREE.a
ar failed for usr/lib/arb/SL/ARB_TREE/ARB_TREE.a
ar failed for usr/lib/arb/SL/AW_HELIX/AW_HELIX.a
ar failed for usr/lib/arb/SL/AW_NAME/AW_NAME.a
ar failed for usr/lib/arb/SL/DB_QUERY/DB_QUERY.a
ar failed for usr/lib/arb/SL/DB_SCANNER/DB_SCANNER.a
ar failed for usr/lib/arb/SL/DB_UI/DB_UI.a
ar failed for usr/lib/arb/SL/FAST_ALIGNER/FAST_ALIGNER.a
ar failed for usr/lib/arb/SL/FILTER/FILTER.a
ar failed for usr/lib/arb/SL/GUI_ALIVIEW/GUI_ALIVIEW.a
ar failed for usr/lib/arb/SL/HELIX/HELIX.a
ar failed for usr/lib/arb/SL/INSDEL/INSDEL.a
ar failed for usr/lib/arb/SL/ITEMS/ITEMS.a
ar failed for usr/lib/arb/SL/LOCATION/LOCATION.a
ar failed for usr/lib/arb/SL/MACROS/MACROS.a
ar failed for usr/lib/arb/SL/MATRIX/MATRIX.a
ar failed for usr/lib/arb/SL/NDS/NDS.a
ar failed for usr/lib/arb/SL/NEIGHBOURJOIN/NEIGHBOURJOIN.a
ar failed for usr/lib/arb/SL/PRONUC/PRONUC.a
ar failed for usr/lib/arb/SL/PTCLEAN/PTCLEAN.a
ar failed for usr/lib/arb/SL/REFENTRIES/REFENTRIES.a
ar failed for usr/lib/arb/SL/REGEXPR/REGEXPR.a
ar failed for usr/lib/arb/SL/ROOTED_TREE/ROOTED_TREE.a
ar failed for usr/lib/arb/SL/SEQIO/SEQIO.a
ar failed for usr/lib/arb/SL/SEQUENCE/SEQUENCE.a
ar failed for usr/lib/arb/SL/TRANSLATE/TRANSLATE.a
ar failed for usr/lib/arb/SL/TREE_ADMIN/TREE_ADMIN.a
ar failed for usr/lib/arb/SL/TREEDISP/TREEDISP.a
ar failed for usr/lib/arb/SL/TREE_READ/TREE_READ.a
ar failed for usr/lib/arb/SL/TREE_WRITE/TREE_WRITE.a

cliquer

ar failed for usr/share/doc/cliquer/examples/testcase-small.a

cross-toolchain-base

ar failed for usr/aarch64-linux-gnu/lib/libmcheck.a
ar failed for usr/arm-linux-gnueabihf/lib/libmcheck.a
ar failed for usr/arm-linux-gnueabi/lib/libmcheck.a
ar failed for usr/i686-linux-gnu/lib64/libm.a
ar failed for usr/i686-linux-gnu/lib64/libmcheck.a
ar failed for usr/i686-linux-gnu/lib/libmcheck.a
ar failed for usr/i686-linux-gnu/libx32/libm.a
ar failed for usr/i686-linux-gnu/libx32/libmcheck.a
ar failed for usr/powerpc64le-linux-gnu/lib/libmcheck.a
ar failed for usr/s390x-linux-gnu/lib32/libmcheck.a
ar failed for usr/s390x-linux-gnu/lib/libmcheck.a
ar failed for usr/x86_64-linux-gnu/lib32/libmcheck.a
ar failed for usr/x86_64-linux-gnu/lib/libm.a
ar failed for usr/x86_64-linux-gnu/lib/libmcheck.a
ar failed for usr/x86_64-linux-gnu/libx32/libm.a
ar failed for usr/x86_64-linux-gnu/libx32/libmcheck.a

cross-toolchain-base-mipsen

ar failed for usr/mips64el-linux-gnuabi64/lib32/libmcheck.a
ar failed for usr/mips64el-linux-gnuabi64/lib/libmcheck.a
ar failed for usr/mips64el-linux-gnuabi64/libo32/libmcheck.a
ar failed for usr/mips64el-linux-gnuabin32/lib64/libmcheck.a
ar failed for usr/mips64el-linux-gnuabin32/lib/libmcheck.a
ar failed for usr/mips64el-linux-gnuabin32/libo32/libmcheck.a
ar failed for usr/mips64-linux-gnuabi64/lib32/libmcheck.a
ar failed for usr/mips64-linux-gnuabi64/lib/libmcheck.a
ar failed for usr/mips64-linux-gnuabi64/libo32/libmcheck.a
ar failed for usr/mips64-linux-gnuabin32/lib64/libmcheck.a
ar failed for usr/mips64-linux-gnuabin32/lib/libmcheck.a
ar failed for usr/mips64-linux-gnuabin32/libo32/libmcheck.a
ar failed for usr/mipsel-linux-gnu/lib32/libmcheck.a
ar failed for usr/mipsel-linux-gnu/lib64/libmcheck.a
ar failed for usr/mipsel-linux-gnu/lib/libmcheck.a
ar failed for usr/mipsisa32r6el-linux-gnu/lib32/libmcheck.a
ar failed for usr/mipsisa32r6el-linux-gnu/lib64/libmcheck.a
ar failed for usr/mipsisa32r6el-linux-gnu/lib/libmcheck.a
ar failed for usr/mipsisa32r6-linux-gnu/lib32/libmcheck.a
ar failed for usr/mipsisa32r6-linux-gnu/lib64/libmcheck.a
ar failed for usr/mipsisa32r6-linux-gnu/lib/libmcheck.a
ar failed for usr/mipsisa64r6el-linux-gnuabi64/lib32/libmcheck.a
ar failed for usr/mipsisa64r6el-linux-gnuabi64/lib/libmcheck.a
ar failed for usr/mipsisa64r6el-linux-gnuabi64/libo32/libmcheck.a
ar failed for usr/mipsisa64r6el-linux-gnuabin32/lib64/libmcheck.a
ar failed for usr/mipsisa64r6el-linux-gnuabin32/lib/libmcheck.a
ar failed for usr/mipsisa64r6el-linux-gnuabin32/libo32/libmcheck.a
ar failed for usr/mipsisa64r6-linux-gnuabi64/lib32/libmcheck.a
ar failed for usr/mipsisa64r6-linux-gnuabi64/lib/libmcheck.a
ar failed for usr/mipsisa64r6-linux-gnuabi64/libo32/libmcheck.a
ar failed for usr/mipsisa64r6-linux-gnuabin32/lib64/libmcheck.a
ar failed for usr/mipsisa64r6-linux-gnuabin32/lib/libmcheck.a
ar failed for usr/mipsisa64r6-linux-gnuabin32/libo32/libmcheck.a
ar failed for usr/mips-linux-gnu/lib32/libmcheck.a
ar failed for usr/mips-linux-gnu/lib64/libmcheck.a
ar failed for usr/mips-linux-gnu/lib/libmcheck.a

cross-toolchain-base-ports

ar failed for usr/alpha-linux-gnu/lib/libmcheck.a
ar failed for usr/hppa-linux-gnu/lib/libmcheck.a
ar failed for usr/m68k-linux-gnu/lib/libmcheck.a
ar failed for usr/powerpc64-linux-gnu/lib32/libmcheck.a
ar failed for usr/powerpc64-linux-gnu/lib/libmcheck.a
ar failed for usr/powerpc-linux-gnu/lib64/libmcheck.a
ar failed for usr/powerpc-linux-gnu/lib/libmcheck.a
ar failed for usr/riscv64-linux-gnu/lib/libmcheck.a
ar failed for usr/sh4-linux-gnu/lib/libmcheck.a
ar failed for usr/sparc64-linux-gnu/lib32/libmcheck.a
ar failed for usr/sparc64-linux-gnu/lib/libmcheck.a
ar failed for usr/x86_64-linux-gnux32/lib32/libmcheck.a
ar failed for usr/x86_64-linux-gnux32/lib64/libm.a
ar failed for usr/x86_64-linux-gnux32/lib64/libmcheck.a
ar failed for usr/x86_64-linux-gnux32/lib/libm.a
ar failed for usr/x86_64-linux-gnux32/lib/libmcheck.a

dist

ar failed for usr/share/dist/lib/errnolist.a

glibc

ar failed for usr/lib32/libmcheck.a
ar failed for usr/libx32/libm.a
ar failed for usr/libx32/libmcheck.a
ar failed for usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.a
ar failed for usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libmcheck.a
Output from 'readelf --all --wide usr/lib/debug/.build-id/0f/c8113806e7402f2372951d3720744de9ab5176.debug' is not valid UTF-8

golang-1.15

ar failed for usr/share/go-1.15/src/go/internal/gcimporter/testdata/versions/test_go1.11_999b.a
ar failed for usr/share/go-1.15/src/go/internal/gcimporter/testdata/versions/test_go1.8_4.a
ar failed for usr/share/go-1.15/src/go/internal/gcimporter/testdata/versions/test_go1.8_5.a

golang-1.17

ar failed for usr/share/go-1.17/src/go/internal/gcimporter/testdata/versions/test_go1.11_999b.a
ar failed for usr/share/go-1.17/src/go/internal/gcimporter/testdata/versions/test_go1.8_4.a
ar failed for usr/share/go-1.17/src/go/internal/gcimporter/testdata/versions/test_go1.8_5.a

golang-1.18

ar failed for usr/share/go-1.18/src/go/internal/gcimporter/testdata/versions/test_go1.11_999b.a
ar failed for usr/share/go-1.18/src/go/internal/gcimporter/testdata/versions/test_go1.8_4.a
ar failed for usr/share/go-1.18/src/go/internal/gcimporter/testdata/versions/test_go1.8_5.a

golang-github-openshift-imagebuilder

ar failed for usr/share/gocode/src/github.com/openshift/imagebuilder/dockerclient/testdata/wildcard/dir2/file.a

golang-github-pkg-diff

ar failed for usr/share/gocode/src/github.com/pkg/diff/testdata/rewriteAMD64.go.a

golang-golang-x-tools

ar failed for usr/share/gocode/src/golang.org/x/tools/go/internal/gcimporter/testdata/versions/test_go1.11_999b.a
ar failed for usr/share/gocode/src/golang.org/x/tools/go/internal/gcimporter/testdata/versions/test_go1.8_4.a
ar failed for usr/share/gocode/src/golang.org/x/tools/go/internal/gcimporter/testdata/versions/test_go1.8_5.a

graywolf

ar failed for usr/lib/graywolf/bin/splt_file.a

inventor

ar failed for usr/share/doc/inventor-demo/src/apps/samples/widgets/GNUmakefile.libInventorWidget.a

ar failed for usr/lib/lie/INFO.a

link-grammar

ar failed for usr/share/link-grammar/en/words/units.a

ar failed for usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/mes/x86_64-mes/libc.a
ar failed for usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/mes/x86_64-mes/libc+gnu.a
ar failed for usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/mes/x86_64-mes/libc-mini.a
ar failed for usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/mes/x86_64-mes/libc+tcc.a
ar failed for usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/mes/x86_64-mes/libgetopt.a
ar failed for usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/mes/x86_64-mes/libmes.a
ar failed for usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/mes/x86_64-mes/libmescc.a
ar failed for usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/mes/x86_64-mes/libtcc1.a