Bug#1024469: lib/debian/tests/test_debfile.py::TestDebFile::test_control fails when tar(1) is not GNU tar

2022-11-20 Thread Michał Górny
On Mon, 2022-11-21 at 00:03 +1100, Stuart Prescott wrote: > The error is coming from the invocation of dpkg-deb which runs > ["tar", "-x", "-m", "-f", "-", "--warning=no-timestamp"] > > Do I take it that on your system dpkg-deb exists but is entirely > non-functional because it can't actually

Bug#1024469: lib/debian/tests/test_debfile.py::TestDebFile::test_control fails when tar(1) is not GNU tar

2022-11-20 Thread Michał Górny
On Mon, 2022-11-21 at 00:03 +1100, Stuart Prescott wrote: > Hi Michał, > > Thanks for the intriguing report. > > The error is coming from the invocation of dpkg-deb which runs > ["tar", "-x", "-m", "-f", "-", "--warning=no-timestamp"] > > Do I take it that on your system dpkg-deb exists but is

Bug#1024469: lib/debian/tests/test_debfile.py::TestDebFile::test_control fails when tar(1) is not GNU tar

2022-11-20 Thread Stuart Prescott
Hi Michał, Thanks for the intriguing report. The error is coming from the invocation of dpkg-deb which runs ["tar", "-x", "-m", "-f", "-", "--warning=no-timestamp"] Do I take it that on your system dpkg-deb exists but is entirely non-functional because it can't actually work with any

Bug#1024469: lib/debian/tests/test_debfile.py::TestDebFile::test_control fails when tar(1) is not GNU tar

2022-11-19 Thread Michał Górny
Package: python-debian Version: 0.1.49 When tar(1) executable is a non-GNU implementation of tar (bsdtar from libarchive here), test_control fails trying to pass unsupported `-- warning=no-timestamp` option: ``` === FAILURES ===