our version of dpkg is FAR too old to report upstream, not to mention I’m sure it is fixed upstream by now. Check the patch in my PR see if it’s still needed. I haven’t had a chance but i’m gonna try it. I’m pretty sure I have a test case already in dpkg 1.15.x for gnu vs bad tar at the very least. --- TS http://www.southofheaven.org/ Life begins and ends with chaos, live between the chaos!
> On Jun 5, 2016, at 8:35 AM, Jack Howarth <howarth.at.f...@gmail.com> wrote: > > The new tar 1.29 release (which is available on fink tracker at > https://sourceforge.net/p/fink/package-submissions/4664/) passes its test > suite cleanly on x86_64-apple-darwin15 but causes fink to exhibit broken > behavior when installed. The problem is that, when a package is built under > the new tar 1.29 release, the creation of the build-lock misplaces the DEBIAN > control directory at the root level. This creates debs that incorrectly have > the DEBIAN control directory placed at root as well and thus all conflict > with each other. > We should try to puzzle out if the tar hacks used in dpkg.patch really > valid and, if so, try to create a stand-alone test case to report back > upstream to the bug-tar mailing list (as this glitch isn't being captured by > their current test suite). > Jack > ps The main changes I see here are... > > - execlp(TAR,"tar","-cf", "-", "-T", "-", "--null", "--no-recursion", > (char*)0); > + execlp(TAR,"tar","-cf", "-", "--null", "-T", "-", "--no-recursion", > (char*)0); > > > for dpkg-1.10.21/dpkg-deb/build.c. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > What NetFlow Analyzer can do for you? Monitors network bandwidth and traffic > patterns at an interface-level. Reveals which users, apps, and protocols are > consuming the most bandwidth. Provides multi-vendor support for NetFlow, > J-Flow, sFlow and other flows. Make informed decisions using capacity > planning reports. > https://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/clk/305295220;132659582;e_______________________________________________ > Fink-devel mailing list > Fink-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > List archive: > http://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.apple.fink.devel > Subscription management: > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-devel ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ What NetFlow Analyzer can do for you? Monitors network bandwidth and traffic patterns at an interface-level. Reveals which users, apps, and protocols are consuming the most bandwidth. Provides multi-vendor support for NetFlow, J-Flow, sFlow and other flows. Make informed decisions using capacity planning reports. https://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/clk/305295220;132659582;e _______________________________________________ Fink-devel mailing list Fink-devel@lists.sourceforge.net List archive: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.apple.fink.devel Subscription management: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-devel
