Bug#557296: debootstrap: Use dpkg-deb instead of ar when available
tag 557296 wonfix
thanks
Hello Guillem,
On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 11:28 PM, Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org> 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 formats, etc.
> OTOH it might make it harder to spot that the non dpkg-deb case does
> not support it. And it also avoids the dependency on binutils on
> Debian based systems.
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 possible missing features when using it in
foreign distributions and I believe this is something we ought to
support well.
Currently I'm tagging it 'wonfix' but feel free to argue if you
disagree with my point of view.
Cheers,
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