Control: clone -1 -2 Control: reassign -2 src:dpkg Control: found -2 1.23.7 Control: retitle -2 dpkg-source skips `.a` files in orig tarball for 3.0 (native) source format
On 23/05/26 4:25 am, Benjamin Drung wrote: > Package: lintian > Version: 2.135 > Severity: normal > X-Debbugs-Cc: [email protected] > > Dear Maintainer, > > The lintian git repository contains an .a file, but it is missing > in the source tarball: > > ``` > $ find -name '*.a' > ./t/recipes/checks/unpack/not-an-ar-archive/build-spec/orig/text-file.a > $ tar -tf ../lintian_2.135.1.tar.xz | grep '\.a$' > ``` This is due to dpkg itself, as it drops `.a` from final tar, see https://github.com/guillemj/dpkg/commit/ddf788627634080a39931061af354d8d8e15c433 Guillem, this is probably intended in dpkg. However, this was actually added in lintian because of https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1120737 Do you think it'd make sense to drop `*.a` for dpkg-source only if it is really an archive file and otherwise not? If you disagree, would you consider to provide an option to ignore individual options in default ignore list? Currently there is `--tar-ignore` which will completely throw away the default list. It'd be beneficial if there is instead a way to ignore some of these default entries. Thanks, Nilesh
