Hi, nowadays you can pass -tddeb to dpkg-scanpackages to achieve the desired behaviour. Thus closing the report.
** Changed in: dpkg (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/134150 Title: support for ddebs in dpkg-scanpackages -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs