Package: python-apt Version: 0.8.9.1 Severity: wishlist Control: block -1 by 718329
Hi! The python-apt code does not seem to support uncompressed data.tar .deb members, as specified by deb(5), which have been supported by since dpkg 1.10.24. At least the kernel team is currently using «dpkg-deb -Zgzip -z0» on linux-source-3.10, which generates an uncompressed data.tar.gz member (which TBH in a strict sense it's bogus for dpkg to create), because otherwise dak rejects uncompressed .deb data.tar members by way of lintian, and might not be able to process them through python-apt, and finally libapt, or other tools dealing with .deb files. dpkg-deb calls that "compressor" «none», in case you'd like to have some term consistency. In any case uncompressed data.tar members are useful in general, when the contents are all already compressed and there's no gain in recompressing the member again. AFAIK debdelta is also using those when reconstructing .debs to feed to dpkg, to avoid duped work. Thanks, Guillem -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
