Bug#557296: debootstrap: Use dpkg-deb instead of ar when available

2009-11-27 Thread Guillem Jover
Hi! On Sun, 2009-11-22 at 19:53:29 -0200, Otavio Salvador wrote: > debootstrap don't _need_ to support all features of all valid .debs > but the features accepted in base packages. This doesn't mean we > shouldn't add features when possible but it is not a requirement for > debootstrap POV. One o

Bug#557296: debootstrap: Use dpkg-deb instead of ar when available

2009-11-22 Thread Otavio Salvador
Hello Guillem, On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 4:51 AM, Guillem Jover wrote: > On Sat, 2009-11-21 at 18:48:51 -0200, Otavio Salvador wrote: >> On Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 6:34 PM, Frans Pop wrote: >> > On Saturday 21 November 2009, Otavio Salvador wrote: >> >> In my opinion debootstrap shouldn't work differ

Bug#557296: debootstrap: Use dpkg-deb instead of ar when available

2009-11-21 Thread Guillem Jover
Hi! On Sat, 2009-11-21 at 18:48:51 -0200, Otavio Salvador wrote: > On Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 6:34 PM, Frans Pop wrote: > > On Saturday 21 November 2009, Otavio Salvador wrote: > >> In my opinion debootstrap shouldn't work differently inside of Debian > >> so I think we shouldn't use dpkg-deb for th

Bug#557296: debootstrap: Use dpkg-deb instead of ar when available

2009-11-21 Thread Otavio Salvador
On Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 6:34 PM, Frans Pop wrote: > On Saturday 21 November 2009, Otavio Salvador wrote: >> In my opinion debootstrap shouldn't work differently inside of Debian >> so I think we shouldn't use dpkg-deb for this. Even though it would >> make our life easier giving us "new features"

Bug#557296: debootstrap: Use dpkg-deb instead of ar when available

2009-11-21 Thread Frans Pop
On Saturday 21 November 2009, Otavio Salvador wrote: > In my opinion debootstrap shouldn't work differently inside of Debian > so I think we shouldn't use dpkg-deb for this. Even though it would > make our life easier giving us "new features" for free it also makes > much more difficult to spot pos

Bug#557296: debootstrap: Use dpkg-deb instead of ar when available

2009-11-21 Thread Otavio Salvador
tag 557296 wonfix thanks Hello Guillem, On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 11:28 PM, Guillem Jover wrote: > Here's two patches to use dpkg-deb if available instead of manually > handling the deb files with ar. This will make the code future-proof > in case the format would change, say new compression forma

Bug#557296: debootstrap: Use dpkg-deb instead of ar when available

2009-11-20 Thread Guillem Jover
Package: debootstrap Version: 1.0.21 Severity: wishlist Tags: patch Hi! Here's two patches to use dpkg-deb if available instead of manually handling the deb files with ar. This will make the code future-proof in case the format would change, say new compression formats, etc. OTOH it might make it