[fink-core] strange failure of dpkg/tar while building gnumeric

[Charles L. <cl...@gm...>]

using Unstable on 10.4.8:
* dpkg-1.10.21-1220
* tar-1.16.1-1
* fink-0.26.0-31, packages rsync'd within the last 24 hours

tail of gnumeric build log:

dpkg-deb -b root-gnumeric-1.4.1-1012
/sw/fink/10.4/unstable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/gnome
dpkg-deb: building package `gnumeric' in
`/sw/fink/10.4/unstable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/gnome/gnumeric_1.4.1-1012_darwin-powerpc.deb'.
tar: ./sw/bin/gnumeric-1.4.1: file changed as we read it
tar: ./sw/bin/ssconvert: file changed as we read it
/sw/bin/dpkg-deb: subprocess tar -cf returned error exit status 1
### execution of dpkg-deb failed, exit code 2

The problem is that neither dpkg nor fink deletes the partially built
deb, which causes problems later on:

/sw/bin/dpkg-lockwait -i
/sw/fink/dists/unstable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/gnome/gnumeric_1.4.1-1012_darwin-powerpc.deb
Selecting previously deselected package gnumeric.
(Reading database ... 81964 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking gnumeric (from .../gnumeric_1.4.1-1012_darwin-powerpc.deb) ...
/sw/bin/dpkg-deb: unexpected end of file in between members in
/sw/fink/dists/unstable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/gnome/gnumeric_1.4.1-1012_darwin-powerpc.deb
dpkg(17579) malloc: ***  Deallocation of a pointer not malloced:
0xbfffe730; This could be a double free(), or free() called with the
middle of an allocated block; Try setting environment variable
MallocHelp to see tools to help debug
/sw/bin/dpkg: error processing
/sw/fink/dists/unstable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/gnome/gnumeric_1.4.1-1012_darwin-powerpc.deb
(--install):
 subprocess /sw/bin/dpkg-deb --fsys-tarfile returned error exit status 2

I tried to research this one a little, but I can't seem to follow any
of the gmane links from Google.

There was nothing out of the ordinary in /var/log/system.log, either -
nothing should have touched the files while they were being tar'd up.

I rm'd the .deb and ran 'fink scanpackages', and it looks like I'm
clear to try again, but I figured I'd report this before it all runs
off the end of the terminal scrollback.

-- 
- Charles Lepple