Workaround for godeb issue generating errors, "corrupted filesystem tarfile - corrupted package archive"

godeb_workaround.sh

#!/bin/bash
#####################################################################
# Work-around for godeb issue
# assumes godeb is available using $GOPATH
# You can specify version on the command line,
# or else it will try and grab the latest
#####################################################################

set -e

if [  -z "${GOPATH}" ]; then
    echo "error: \$GOPATH is not set" >&2
    exit 1
fi
if [ ! -d "${GOPATH}" ]; then
    echo "error: \$GOPATH is not a valid directory" >&2
    exit 1
fi
if [ ! -x "${GOPATH}/bin/godeb" ]; then
    echo "error: godeb not found in \"${GOPATH}/bin/godeb\"" >&2
    echo "Please check your \$GOPATH environment variable" >&2
    exit 1;
fi
test -n "$1" && VER="$1" || VER="$( ${GOPATH}/bin/godeb list | sort -n | tail -n 1 )"

do_work()
{
    local WORKSPACE=$( mktemp -d )
    local CYA=$( mktemp -d )
    trap 'rm -rf $WORKSPACE $CYA' 0 1 2 15
    cd $CYA
    time ${GOPATH}/bin/godeb download ${VER}
    ls -laF "$(pwd)/go_${VER}-godeb1_amd64.deb"
    cd $WORKSPACE
    ar x ${CYA}/go_${VER}-godeb1_amd64.deb
    tar -zxf data.tar.gz
    rm data.tar.gz
    tar -czf data.tar.gz usr
    ar r go_${VER}-godeb1_amd64.deb debian-binary control.tar.gz data.tar.gz
    sudo dpkg -i ./go_${VER}-godeb1_amd64.deb
}

echo "About to download and install Go $VER using godeb, working around a known issue"
read -p "Continue? (Y/N)" REPLY

case "$REPLY" in
    y*|Y*)
        do_work
        ;;
    *)
        echo "Canceling!" >&2
        exit 1
        ;;
esac