Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > 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? It's harmless, though perhaps a pity that the python maintainers decided on this ugly solution. > 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 Don't you have a /etc/pam.d/cupsys? It's in the cupsys package unless you delete it.. > 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. That's bug #375749, which is harmless. -- see shy jo
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