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Re: dpkg-repack warnings: what effect?



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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