Package: dpkg
Version: 1.10.20
Severity: minor
Tags: patch
When building a large package I ran into the fact that my /tmp was too
small for gzip to run during dpkg-deb. I first tried setting TMP and
TEMP which did not help. My patch adds a note about this (feel free to
move it to another place in the man page). Also it changes the man
page, that now dpkg\-deb is used consistently. Finally I added a few
section markers for programs (e.g. gzip(1)). If you don't like the
latter two, please consider applying at least the first.
--- dpkg-deb.1.orig 2004-03-11 13:31:09.000000000 +0100
+++ dpkg-deb.1 2004-05-02 09:22:53.000000000 +0200
@@ -2,33 +2,33 @@
.SH NAME
dpkg\-deb \- Debian package archive (.deb) manipulation tool
.SH SYNOPSIS
-.B dpkg-deb
+.B dpkg\-deb
.BR -b | --build
.IR directory " [" archive | directory ]
.br
-.B dpkg-deb
+.B dpkg\-deb
.BR -I | --info
.IR archive " [" control\-file\-name " ..]"
.br
-.B dpkg-deb
+.B dpkg\-deb
.BR -f | --field
.IR archive " [" control\-field\-name " ...]"
.br
-.B dpkg-deb
+.B dpkg\-deb
.BR -c | --contents
.I archive
.br
-.B dpkg-deb
+.B dpkg\-deb
.BR -x | --extract | -X | --vextract
.I archive directory
.br
-.B dpkg-deb --fsys-tarfile
+.B dpkg\-deb --fsys-tarfile
.I archive
.br
-.B dpkg-deb --control
+.B dpkg\-deb --control
.I archive directory
.SH DESCRIPTION
-.B dpkg-deb
+.B dpkg\-deb
packs, unpacks and provides information about Debian archives.
Use
@@ -61,8 +61,8 @@
You can specify the compressionlevel used by adding a
.B \-z#
option.
-.B dpkg-deb
-will pass that option on to gzip.
+.B dpkg\-deb
+will pass that option on to gzip(1).
Unless you specify
.BR \-\-nocheck ", " dpkg\-deb "
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@
to standard output in
.B tar
format. Together with
-.B tar
+.BR tar (1)
this can be used to extract a particular file from a package archive.
.TP
.BR --control ", " -e
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@
.BR --debug ", " -D
Enables debugging output. This is not very interesting.
.SH BUGS
-.B dpkg-deb -I
+.B dpkg\-deb -I
.IB package1 .deb
.IB package2 .deb
does the wrong thing.
@@ -233,6 +233,10 @@
.B dpkg
proper to ensure that all the files are correctly placed and the
package's scripts run and its status and contents recorded.
+
+If there is not enough space left in \fB/tmp\fR,
+.B dpkg\-deb
+might fail. Set TMPDIR to some directory with enough space.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR deb (5),
.BR deb-control (5),
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (990, 'testing')
Architecture: alpha
Kernel: Linux 2.4.21-pre1
Locale: LANG=de_DE@euro, LC_CTYPE=de_DE@euro
Versions of packages dpkg depends on:
ii dselect 1.10.20 a user tool to manage Debian packa
ii libc6.1 2.3.2.ds1-11 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
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