Gunnar Wolf <gwolf@gwolf.org> (04/01/2010): > It seems the problem is reproducible on all Lenny hosts - And it is > quite likely to be a proper bug, as the file is for some reason > recognized as a v2.0 source package. > > My previous (accepted) upload was done on 2009-11-25, and dpkg-dev > dies the same way when trying to unpack that version (so it would > not enter the archive today). Now, ten days after my upload > (2009-12-05), dpkg 1.14.27 was accepted in Stable. This upload was > specifically meant to iron out v3.0 details: > > * Cherry-pick some fixes from squeeze concerning new source formats: > - dpkg-source now accepts additional tarballs (in format "3.0 (quilt)") > with a "component" name containing dashes. Closes: #524376 > (...) Actually, lenny + p-u is OK. Meaning .27 indeed fixes this bug. :) Open questions AFAICT: - why was the previous upload accepted? Maybe less checks being run at the time, e.g. not involving dpkg-source? - and a related question: which is the dpkg(-dev) version currently running on ries et al.? Mraw, KiBi.
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