Re: Build error form Ubuntu regarding xz compression
olivier sallou wrote:
> Rejected:
> Require Pre-Depends: dpkg (>= 1.15.6) when using xz compression.
>
> Package indeed uses xz compression, but do you know what I should put
> in package for this on debian side?
>
> Should I add in debian control a pre-depends on dpkg as said in message?
Yes, you should. That's because no dpkg << 1.15.6 [0] is able to uncompress
xz-compressed data.tar members of binary packages, hence the Pre-Depends
(which implies that you have a fully configured dpkg >= 1.15.6 before your
package gets uncompressed).
Now, strictly speaking, this is not formally needed within Debian as our
current stable has a newer dpkg (1.15.8.11), but this cannot hurt.
Cheers,
OdyX
P.S. This would probably have been more suited for debian-mentors.
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http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=dpkg/dpkg.git;a=commit;h=9bb208a8338253a1c9e1d0642cf1ef039a335951
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