Hi, On 11/09/17 15:11, Osamu Aoki wrote: > I am wondering what makes aptitude screen to print: > Compressed Size: 54.2 k > Uncompressed Size: 2,048 > Source Package: ssmtp > for ssmtp package. > > Uncompressed size is usually bigger than compressed Size. > Am I missing something. > > INFO file in the ssmtp deb package has: > > new debian package, version 2.0. > size 54172 bytes: control archive=17623 bytes. > 58 bytes, 2 lines conffiles > 1082 bytes, 64 lines * config #!/bin/sh > 940 bytes, 21 lines control > 2312 bytes, 96 lines * postinst #!/bin/sh > 362 bytes, 26 lines * postrm #!/bin/sh > 367 bytes, 21 lines * preinst #!/bin/sh > 38672 bytes, 317 lines templates > Package: ssmtp > Source: ssmtp (2.64-8) > Version: 2.64-8+b2 > Architecture: amd64 > Maintainer: Anibal Monsalve Salazar <anibal@debian.org> > Installed-Size: 2 > > This 2 is in KB. iConsistent with aptitude but why so small??? The debian/rules file calls dpkg-gencontrol before installing anything, so dpkg-gencontrol doesn't "see" any of the binaries when calculating the installed size. https://sources.debian.net/src/ssmtp/2.64-8/debian/rules/ Maybe it should start using debhelper... James
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