Package: apt Version: 0.7.20.2+lenny1 Severity: normal libapt's AR File implementation gets confused by file names which are terminated with "/" (which is sysv feature allowing spaces in file names). The result is hand rolling a .deb file with "ar" generates packages which are installable with dpkg but not GDebi (as it uses libapt).
http://sourceware.org/ml/binutils/2009-10/msg00063.html -- Package-specific info: -- (no /etc/apt/preferences present) -- -- (/etc/apt/sources.list present, but not submitted) -- -- System Information: Debian Release: 5.0.3 APT prefers stable APT policy: (990, 'stable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.30.4 (PREEMPT) Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) (ignored: LC_ALL set to en_GB.UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages apt depends on: ii debian-archive-keyring 2009.01.31 GnuPG archive keys of the Debian a ii libc6 2.7-18 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libgcc1 1:4.3.2-1.1 GCC support library ii libstdc++6 4.3.2-1.1 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3 apt recommends no packages. Versions of packages apt suggests: pn apt-doc <none> (no description available) ii aptitude 0.4.11.11-1~lenny1 terminal-based package manager ii bzip2 1.0.5-1 high-quality block-sorting file co ii dpkg-dev 1.14.25 Debian package development tools ii lzma 4.43-14 Compression method of 7z format in pn python-apt <none> (no description available) -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org