Bug#750028: checkinstall: Allow configuring dpkg compression type
Another reason to specify compression flags is to make packages for older distributions which don't support a particular type of compression. Regards, ~~helix84
Bug#750028: checkinstall: Allow configuring dpkg compression type
Package: checkinstall Version: 1.6.2-4 Severity: wishlist Dear Maintainer, The default XZ compression is *very* slow for large checkinstall packages. Checkinstall needs an option to pass flags to dpgk-deb or another way to select a more appropriate way to generate the .deb file. -- System