Bug#718295: /usr/bin/dpkg-deb: dpkg-deb -Zgzip -z0 produces invalid debian packages

Hi, On Mon, 29 Jul 2013, Guillem Jover wrote: > > The linux maintainers chose to pass -Zgzip -z0 to dpkg-deb to retain > > backwards compatibility. > > To retain compatibility they should either not have specified -z at all > or used -z9. dpkg-deb(1) is pretty clear that -z0 for gzip is equivalen

Bug#718295: /usr/bin/dpkg-deb: dpkg-deb -Zgzip -z0 produces invalid debian packages

Hi! On Mon, 2013-07-29 at 21:33:36 +0200, Helmut Grohne wrote: > Package: dpkg > Version: 1.17.0 > Severity: important > File: /usr/bin/dpkg-deb > The linux maintainers chose to pass -Zgzip -z0 to dpkg-deb to retain > backwards compatibility. To retain compatibility they should either not have s

Bug#718295: /usr/bin/dpkg-deb: dpkg-deb -Zgzip -z0 produces invalid debian packages

Package: dpkg Version: 1.17.0 Severity: important File: /usr/bin/dpkg-deb The linux maintainers chose to pass -Zgzip -z0 to dpkg-deb to retain backwards compatibility. Unfortunately the resulting binary package does not conform to the format documented at man 5 deb. It contains a data.tar.gz memeb

Processed: Bug#717983 marked as pending

Processing commands for cont...@bugs.debian.org: > tag 717983 pending Bug #717983 [dpkg] dpkg: Failed upgrade due to file conflicts with manpages-it Bug #718023 [dpkg] dpkg,manpages-it: error when trying to install together Ignoring request to alter tags of bug #717983 to the same tags previously

Bug#717983: dpkg: Failed upgrade due to file conflicts with manpages-it

Hi! On Mon, 2013-07-29 at 12:17:45 +0200, Andreas Beckmann wrote: > Control: found -1 1.17.1 > Control: affects -1 + deselect dpkg-dev > dpkg-dev and dselect also need to replace manpages-it. Bah, should have installed manpages-it. :/ > Can you make that a versioned Breaks+Replaces? > (To avoid

Processed: Re: dpkg: Failed upgrade due to file conflicts with manpages-it

Processing control commands: > found -1 1.17.1 Bug #717983 {Done: Guillem Jover } [dpkg] dpkg: Failed upgrade due to file conflicts with manpages-it Bug #718023 {Done: Guillem Jover } [dpkg] dpkg,manpages-it: error when trying to install together Marked as found in versions dpkg/1.17.1; no longe

Bug#717983: dpkg: Failed upgrade due to file conflicts with manpages-it

Control: found -1 1.17.1 Control: affects -1 + deselect dpkg-dev Hi Guillem, dpkg-dev and dselect also need to replace manpages-it. Can you make that a versioned Breaks+Replaces? (To avoid having files "disappear" from manpages-it in the sequence install manpages-it, install dpkg-dev, remove dpk