Bug#161593: Bug#161680: Bug#161593: apt-utils: apt-ftparchive fumbles on signed debs
What's the current status of these bugs? Does debsigs now create
valid .debs or not? I have a request to support debsigs in debsign,
but that is obviously daft if it's then going to create broken debs.
Julian
On Mon, Oct 07, 2002 at 11:59:00PM -0500, Adam Heath wrote:
> On Mon, 7 Oct 2002, Branden Robinson wrote:
>
> > On Fri, Sep 20, 2002 at 03:56:19PM -0500, Adam Heath wrote:
> > > Here is what conclusion Jason and I agreed upon:
> > [...]
> > > For official deb creators:
> > >
> > > * must create archive in bsd format
> > > * debian-binary must always be first.
> > > * The order of the members is: debian-binary, control, data.
> > > * Optional members follow the required members, and are prefixed with '_'.
> >
> > I continue to await advice on what tool "official deb creators" should
> > use to construct ar files.
> >
> > Is there a Perl module or C library for this purpose. It's been
> > established quite solidly that we can't use the ar from binutils.
>
> dpkg will provide such a tool. However, it'll be a bit before such a tool
> enters the archive.
> k
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