On Mon, Oct 05, 2009 at 11:26:35AM +0200, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: > Alex Bennee <bugzi...@bennee.com> writes: > > > 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). > > FYI: You are using the wrong ar. :) The one in debian is not > compatible with the deb format. It used to be that dpkg would not > accept such debs either.
It's probably not helped by our build machine being an ancient Red Hat 7.3. I've been struggling to find if there is a "bsdar" packaged for it (or a way of convincing GNU ar to output BSD style ar files). However if dpkg is happy to install such hand-built archives libapt should probably be a little more forgiving of such terminators? -- Alex, homepage: http://www.bennee.com/~alex/ Epperson's law: When a man says it's a silly, childish game, it's probably something his wife can beat him at. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
