Guillem Jover tells me that this should be fixed in dpkg 1.16.0. I'm not sure whether the snapshot we have in natty is quite new enough.
** Changed in: dpkg (Ubuntu) Status: New => In Progress ** Changed in: dpkg (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Medium -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/686414 Title: dpkg build corrupted packages, if package size is over 2 GB -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs