Hi Guillem, thanks for the quick reply and feedback.
On 2014-08-11 22:05, Guillem Jover wrote: >>> After that it works. >>> % dpkg-deb -R libkeyutils1_1.5.9-4_mips.deb libk >>> % dpkg-deb -b libk >>> # dpkg -i libk.deb >>> (Reading database ... 14103 files and directories currently installed.) >>> Preparing to replace libkeyutils1:mips 1.5.5-3 (using libk.deb) ... >>> Unpacking replacement libkeyutils1:mips ... >>> Setting up libkeyutils1:mips (1.5.5-3) ... >> >> I'm surprised this works. If insufficient memory was available the first >> time round, one would assume the same the second time round... Did you >> omit any other steps in between the output listed above that might have >> freed memory? The OOM killer might have also freed some memory... > > What he did was repack the .deb, which makes use of the default > settings instead of the ones supplied by the packaging, i.e.: > > ,--- > override_dh_builddeb: > dh_builddeb -- -Zxz -z9 > `--- > > > This is rather unwise, for no apparent reason. The -z9 seems to be a > common pattern in most (if not all) of Daniel's packages, and I think > should be reverted, if absent of a good rationale. Oh, I forgot that this is still present in wheezy's version. I already removed it in unstable. >> Anyhoo, reassigning to dpkg in case the have seen something similar before. > > Reassigning back, this would need fixing in a stable release. I'm a bit confused - could you elaborate on what you mean by that? > But given that this is a Priority:standard package, I'd say it makes > sense to do so. Regards, Christian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
