dpkg-repack warnings: what effect?

[Hugo Vanwoerkom <hvw59601@care2.com>]

Hi,


dpkg-repack (from sid dpkg 1.13.22) gives warnings when repacking python 
packages:

...
warning, `./dpkg-repack-5343/DEBIAN/control' contains user-defined field 
`Python-Version'
...

What effect does this have? Can the .deb be used or not?

Would it be true to say that only those .debs cannot be used where there 
 are warnings that the package may be broken? Like:

...
cp: cannot create regular file `./dpkg-repack-15399//etc/pam.d/cupsys': 
No such file or directory
dpkg-repack: Error running: cp -pd /etc/pam.d/cupsys 
./dpkg-repack-15399//etc/pam.d/cupsys
tar: -: file name read contains nul character
dpkg-repack: Problems were encountered in processing.
dpkg-repack: The package may be broken.
dpkg-deb: building package `cupsys' in `./cupsys_1.2.1-3_i386.deb'.
...

And *all* uses of dpkg-repack have that "file name read contains nul 
character" now.

Anybody using dpkg-repack in recent sid?

Thanks!

H