On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 10:18:25AM +0100, Jon Dowland wrote: > On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 05:56:54PM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: > > Installed-Size is generated automatically by dpkg-buildpackage, so the > > only way that you'd get a package without it is by manually creating a > > package, which nearly no one does. So in practice it's always there, > > although it might not be a bad idea to make that clear in Policy. > > I think dpkg-deb does, too. At least, my no-debhelper, no-dpkg-buildpackage > package doom-wad-shareware still ends up with Installed-Size.
dget http://angband.pl/debian/pool/main/g/goodbye/goodbye_0.2-1.dsc The policy doesn't require Installed-Size, so goodbye is compliant (by design :p), but it's not a big stretch to assume everything in the archive is built with dpkg-deb. And besides, why are we talking about Installed-Size in the first place? Recompressing data.tar.gz doesn't alter the tarball's contents, it doesn't even unpack it or go through tar at all. -- “This is gonna be as easy as cheating on an ethics exam!” -Cerise Brightmoon
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