Package: ssmtp Version: 2.64-8+b2 Severity: normal Bug: ssmtp lists Uncompressed Size: 2,048 Cause: not invoking dpkg-gencontrol Remedy Use debhelper in modern ways. (dh)
Background > On 11/09/17 15:11, Osamu Aoki wrote: > > I am wondering what makes aptitude screen to print: > > Compressed Size: 54.2 k > > Uncompressed Size: 2,048 > > Source Package: ssmtp > > for ssmtp package. > > > > Uncompressed size is usually bigger than compressed Size. > > Am I missing something. > > > > INFO file in the ssmtp deb package has: > > > > new debian package, version 2.0. > > size 54172 bytes: control archive=17623 bytes. > > 58 bytes, 2 lines conffiles > > 1082 bytes, 64 lines * config #!/bin/sh > > 940 bytes, 21 lines control > > 2312 bytes, 96 lines * postinst #!/bin/sh > > 362 bytes, 26 lines * postrm #!/bin/sh > > 367 bytes, 21 lines * preinst #!/bin/sh > > 38672 bytes, 317 lines templates > > Package: ssmtp > > Source: ssmtp (2.64-8) > > Version: 2.64-8+b2 > > Architecture: amd64 > > Maintainer: Anibal Monsalve Salazar <[email protected]> > > Installed-Size: 2 > > > > This 2 is in KB. Consistent with aptitude but why so small??? On Mon, Sep 11, 2017 at 03:20:36PM +0100, James Cowgill wrote: > The debian/rules file calls dpkg-gencontrol before installing anything, > so dpkg-gencontrol doesn't "see" any of the binaries when calculating > the installed size. > > https://sources.debian.net/src/ssmtp/2.64-8/debian/rules/ > > Maybe it should start using debhelper... -- System Information: Debian Release: 9.1 APT prefers stable-updates APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'proposed-updates'), (500, 'stable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 4.9.0-3-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) Versions of packages ssmtp depends on: ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.61 ii libc6 2.24-11+deb9u1 pn libgnutls-openssl27 <none> ssmtp recommends no packages. ssmtp suggests no packages.
