Package: dpkg Version: 1.10.18 Severity: grave looks like the new tar removes the leading ./ from file names so ./DEBIAN/* files get included in the package (the new tar package is actually an example of this). i think the fix is simply to change line 469 in dpkg-deb/build.c from:
execlp(FIND,"find",".","-path","./" BUILDCONTROLDIR,"-prune","-o","-print0",(char*)0); to: execlp(FIND,"find",".","-path",BUILDCONTROLDIR,"-prune","-o","-print0",(char*)0); i.e. remove the (now) unnecessary ./ -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable Architecture: i386 Kernel: Linux caliban 2.6.2-rc2 #180 Mon Jan 26 11:35:25 PST 2004 i686 Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C Versions of packages dpkg depends on: ii dselect 1.10.18 a user tool to manage Debian packa ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-11 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an -- no debconf information
