Package: dpkg Version: 1.13.25 Severity: grave Justification: renders package unusable
long file path (>100 characters) do not get installed. Steps to reproduce: $ wget http://gdcm.sourceforge.net/thingies/debpackage-0.0.0-Linux-x86_64.deb $ dpkg -c debpackage-0.0.0-Linux-x86_64.deb drwxr-xr-x mmalaterre/mmalaterre 0 2008-04-03 11:31 ./tmp/ drwxr-xr-x mmalaterre/mmalaterre 0 2008-04-03 11:31 ./tmp/very/ drwxr-xr-x mmalaterre/mmalaterre 0 2008-04-03 11:31 ./tmp/very/long/ drwxr-xr-x mmalaterre/mmalaterre 0 2008-04-03 11:31 ./tmp/very/long/pathname/ drwxr-xr-x mmalaterre/mmalaterre 0 2008-04-03 11:31 ./tmp/very/long/pathname/foobar/ drwxr-xr-x mmalaterre/mmalaterre 0 2008-04-03 11:31 ./tmp/very/long/pathname/foobar/hello_world/ drwxr-xr-x mmalaterre/mmalaterre 0 2008-04-03 11:31 ./tmp/very/long/pathname/foobar/hello_world/toreproduceabugindpkg/ drwxr-xr-x mmalaterre/mmalaterre 0 2008-04-03 11:31 ./tmp/very/long/pathname/foobar/hello_world/toreproduceabugindpkg/pleaseconsider/ drwxr-xr-x mmalaterre/mmalaterre 0 2008-04-03 11:31 ./tmp/very/long/pathname/foobar/hello_world/toreproduceabugindpkg/pleaseconsider/123/ -rw-r--r-- mmalaterre/mmalaterre 0 2008-04-03 11:28 ./tmp/very/long/pathname/foobar/hello_world/toreproduceabugindpkg/pleaseconsider/123/do_not_install_me.txt -rw-r--r-- mmalaterre/mmalaterre 0 2008-04-03 11:28 ./tmp/very/long/pathname/foobar/hello_world/toreproduceabugindpkg/pleaseconsider/123/install_me.txt while after installation: $ sudo dpkg -i debpackage-0.0.0-Linux-x86_64.deb Selecting previously deselected package debpackage. (Reading database ... 147313 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking debpackage (from .../debpackage-0.0.0-Linux-x86_64.deb) ... Setting up debpackage (0.0.0) ... $ find /tmp/very /tmp/very /tmp/very/long /tmp/very/long/pathname /tmp/very/long/pathname/foobar /tmp/very/long/pathname/foobar/hello_world /tmp/very/long/pathname/foobar/hello_world/toreproduceabugindpkg /tmp/very/long/pathname/foobar/hello_world/toreproduceabugindpkg/pleaseconsider /tmp/very/long/pathname/foobar/hello_world/toreproduceabugindpkg/pleaseconsider/123 /tmp/very/long/pathname/foobar/hello_world/toreproduceabugindpkg/pleaseconsider/123/install_me.txt You can see that install_me.txt get installed but a filename just slightly longer do not. Thanks -Mathieu -- System Information: Debian Release: 4.0 APT prefers stable APT policy: (500, 'stable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-6-amd64 Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US (charmap=ISO-8859-1) Versions of packages dpkg depends on: ii coreutils 5.97-5.3 The GNU core utilities ii libc6 2.7-6 GNU C Library: Shared libraries dpkg recommends no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
