Package: dpkg
Version: 1.17.0
Severity: normal
Tags: patch
Hi Guillem, hi Raphaël
In dpkg/1.17.0 the default compressor for dpkg-deb was changed to xz
from gzip. Looks like dpkg-deb manpage however still say that gzip is
the default:
-Zcompress-type
Specify which compression type to use when building a
package. Allowed values are gzip, xz, bzip2, lzma, and
none (default is gzip).
Attached a small patch to also change the manpage.
Regards,
Salvatore
>From 63c201da9da19c832335480393fe79148750a78f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Salvatore Bonaccorso <[email protected]>
Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2013 20:47:07 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Document default compressor change for dpkg-deb to xz
Commit 16ab055e95a804a1fc176c7bd72b52a2be8412ab for dpkg 1.17.0 changed
the default compressor from gzip to xz. Adjust manpage for dpkg-deb to
document this change.
---
man/dpkg-deb.1 | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/man/dpkg-deb.1 b/man/dpkg-deb.1
index f9282e0..5b14370 100644
--- a/man/dpkg-deb.1
+++ b/man/dpkg-deb.1
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ gzip (since dpkg 1.17.0) and \fIextreme\fP for xz.
.BI \-Z compress-type
Specify which compression type to use when building a package. Allowed
values are \fIgzip\fP, \fIxz\fP, \fIbzip2\fP, \fIlzma\fP, and \fInone\fP
-(default is \fIgzip\fP).
+(default is \fIxz\fP).
.TP
.BI \-\-deb\-format= format
Set the archive format version used when building (since dpkg 1.17.0).
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1.8.4.rc0
