On Sat, Jan 7, 2017 at 2:48 AM, Kang-Che Sung <[email protected]> wrote: >>> My understanding is that .deb files usually use .gz compression, >>> and building dpkg without support for .gz results in a useless tool: >>> there are no .deb files which it can process. >> >> Debian packages support gzip or xz for the control.tar file and a variety of >> common compression formats for the data.tar file. > > Yes. And my point is that there's no need to force a gz choice for users. > gz could be deprecated. And sometimes a custom distribution may decide > not to gz-compress its .deb packages at all. > > I think it will be better to just *recommend* the gz feature instead. Mention > in the help text: > > Note that most .deb packages compress their metadata > in gz (control.tar.gz), so you are likely to also enable the > "understand .gz data" feature above (FEATURE_SEAMLESS_GZ).
I still think the downsides (many people inadvertently building non-functional dpkg and complaining) are bigger than win for a rare case when someone gets .gz support he doesn't need. _______________________________________________ busybox mailing list [email protected] http://lists.busybox.net/mailman/listinfo/busybox
