Thanks for the report, I have fixed this in the upstream repository (commit 6a7a20c72325a57762e34f5dbb9f79ba73b5d496). It's Ubuntu-specific at this point because the regression has been introduced in the 1.16 development cycle.
(I mark this bug as fix released and not fix committed because I have no Debian bug to track) ** Also affects: dpkg (Debian) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: dpkg (Debian) Status: New => Fix Released ** Changed in: dpkg (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Medium ** Changed in: dpkg (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/739179 Title: dpkg creates files with odd timestamps if statoverride matches -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs