#768015 reprepro: better error message if processing .deb file needs a missing uncompressor

Package:
reprepro
Source:
reprepro
Description:
Debian package repository producer
Submitter:
Date:
2014-12-14 21:15:08 UTC
Severity:
wishlist
#768015#5
Date:
2014-11-04 08:03:32 UTC
From:
To:
dpkg 1.17.6 and newer supports so called "uniform compression" where
control.tar is compressed with the same compressor that was used for
data.tar, meaning for xz you end up with data.tar.xz and control.tar.xz.

reprepro currently hardcodes control.tar.gz and fails on uniformly
compressed debian packages.

it would be nice if you could add support for this in reprepro (yes, i'm
aware that this is currently a non-default option in dpkg but i'm using
this for my own packages (outside debian)).

Regards,
Daniel
#768015#10
Date:
2014-11-04 18:36:56 UTC
From:
To:
and now i found out that the problem is that, when using lzip, depending
on using lunzip and that fails if it's not installed (people are using
lzip -d, not lunzip anymore)..

so the only remaining thing is that it would be nice to have a more
accurate error message when the reprepro uncompressor is not
installed/available.
#768015#15
Date:
2014-12-14 20:40:40 UTC
From:
To:
retitle 768015 reprepro: better error message if processing .deb file needs a missing uncompressor

* Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-technologies.net> [141104 19:39]:

	Bernhard R. Link