Control: tags 807940 + unreproducible moreinfo On 14/12/15 15:55, Alam Arias wrote: > the packages have a ./DEBIAN in their data.tar(.xz)
I can't reproduce this, and I'm really quite confused by it. I get the expected packages (with just /usr and directories below /usr in their data.tar) with either g-d-p 43, or g-d-p from git master. Do you have anything installed in /usr/local/bin, /usr/local/sbin, ~/bin or other directories in your $PATH that might influence how Debian packages are built? What output do you get from these? command -v dpkg-deb command -v ar command -v fakeroot dpkg -S "$(command -v dpkg-deb)" dpkg -S "$(command -v ar)" dpkg -S "$(command -v fakeroot)" To check whether there is some issue not involving g-d-p, please try downloading this: https://www.pseudorandom.co.uk/~smcv/soltys-en-data_1.0+43_all.zip Put it in an otherwise empty directory on the same machine where you see this bug, then cd into that directory and run unzip soltys-en-data_1.0+43_all.zip fakeroot dpkg-deb -Znone -b soltys-en-data_1.0+43_all This should produce a new soltys-en-data_1.0+43_all.deb (it's the contents of a small, freely-redistributable ScummVM game supported by g-d-p, with the same layout that g-d-p would put in its temporary directory). Does that .deb have the same bug with a DEBIAN directory in data.tar? I don't see this bug when I do that on either unstable or stable. I notice you reported different dpkg versions on this bug and Bug #807943. Do you have two different machines, or two different environments? If you do, please try this in the other one: do you see the same bug on the other one? Thanks, S