I'd like to add that this issue often comes up in Java packages as well, for similar directory structure reasons. For example,
O: libgoogle-flogger-java: [90mrepeated-path-segment [0m flogger usr/share/maven-repo/com/google/flogger/flogger/0.5.1/ O: libgoogle-flogger-java: [90mrepeated-path-segment [0m flogger usr/share/maven-repo/com/google/flogger/flogger/debian/flogger-debian.jar O: libgoogle-flogger-java: [90mrepeated-path-segment [0m flogger usr/share/maven-repo/com/google/flogger/flogger/debian/flogger-debian.pom O: libopencensus-java: [90mrepeated-path-segment [0m examples usr/share/doc/libopencensus-java/examples/src/main/java/io/opencensus/examples/gauges/DerivedDoubleGaugeQuickstart.java O: libopencensus-java: [90mrepeated-path-segment [0m examples usr/share/doc/libopencensus-java/examples/src/main/java/io/opencensus/examples/grpc/helloworld/ O: libopencensus-java: [90mrepeated-path-segment [0m examples usr/share/doc/libopencensus-java/examples/src/main/java/io/opencensus/examples/grpc/helloworld/HelloWorldClient.java O: bazel-bootstrap-data: [90mrepeated-path-segment [0m android usr/share/bazel/embedded_tools/src/tools/android/java/com/google/devtools/build/android/ziputils/BUILD O: bazel-bootstrap-data: [90mrepeated-path-segment [0m buildjar usr/share/bazel/embedded_tools/src/java_tools/buildjar/java/com/google/devtools/build/buildjar/jarhelper/ -Olek