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Re: [Debian-med-packaging] Bug#908834: please build zstd udeb so that btrfs-progs can use zstd in Debian Installer



On 09/14/2018 08:04 PM, Nicholas D Steeves wrote:
> Package: zstd
> Version: 1.3.5+dfsg-1
> Severity: wishlist
> 
> Dear Debian Med Packaging Team,
> 
> Would you please build a zstd udeb so that btrfs-progs can use zstd in
> Debian Installer and Rescue System?  It uses zstd for transparent
> filesystem compression.
> 
> eg: `chattr +c`, or `btrfs filesystem defrag -c`, or via a mount
> option `compress=zstd`.  I believe the first and last of these use the
> kernel's libzstd, and that the udeb is primarily required for
> `btrfs-repair` to handle zstd extents in the Rescue System.  Also, please continue to CC Dmitri Ledkov, Debian's btrfs-progs maintainer.
> 
> Cheers,
> Nicholas
> 
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As far as I see it's enough to add udeb stanzas in d/control in order to
build the udebs[0].
Is there anything else to consider before uploading lisbzstd with udebs?

Thank you,
Alex

[0]
https://salsa.debian.org/med-team/libzstd/commit/3cb048aab364b5fca41d0c2feb7cdf943786cee4

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