Public bug reported:
xz compression saves 26% of deb package size :
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m@p:~$ rm -rf deb-tree/*
m@p:~$ dpkg-deb --raw-extract
/var/cache/apt/archives/base-files_9.4ubuntu4.4_amd64.deb deb-tree
m@p:~$ dpkg-deb --build --nocheck --uniform-compression -Zxz -z9 deb-tree
test.deb
dpkg-deb : avertissement : pas de contrôle du contenu de la zone de contrôle
dpkg-deb : construction d'un paquet inconnu dans « test.deb ».
m@p:~$ ls -l test.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 m m 44664 févr. 18 15:17 test.deb
m@p:~$ ls -l /var/cache/apt/archives/base-files_9.4ubuntu4.4_amd64.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 60156 févr. 8 21:03
/var/cache/apt/archives/base-files_9.4ubuntu4.4_amd64.deb
m@p:~$
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ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: base-files 9.4ubuntu4.4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-62.83-generic 4.4.40
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-62-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.5
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: XFCE
Date: Sat Feb 18 15:17:58 2017
Dependencies:
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-02-01 (16 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 16.04.1 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160719)
SourcePackage: base-files
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
** Affects: base-files (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug xenial
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