Guillem Jover <guil...@debian.org> writes: > How about the attached patch, based on the text in deb-substvars(5)?
This looks great, thank you. Seconded. > From 024d94daeb0ab0e7c447868a1b8f9ff953850404 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 > From: Guillem Jover <guil...@debian.org> > Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2023 22:47:27 +0200 > Subject: [PATCH] Update Installed-Size algorithm used by dpkg since 1.18.0 > The previous algorithm relied entirely on du(1) computing the used > size, but depended on the filesystem in use on the build system. > The new algorithm used by dpkg since 1.18.0 (implemented in > commit 9ed7d4d47b73ffe67e1f7d31f899a1dfd43d490b), guarantees a > constant and reproducible size regardless of the build system > filesystem being used. Although it is still an approximation of > the actual size that the package will use on the installed system. > Closes: #793499 > --- > policy/ch-controlfields.rst | 5 +++-- > 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > diff --git a/policy/ch-controlfields.rst b/policy/ch-controlfields.rst > index 45776ea..2871658 100644 > --- a/policy/ch-controlfields.rst > +++ b/policy/ch-controlfields.rst > @@ -939,8 +939,9 @@ space required to install the named package. Actual > installed size may > vary based on block size, file system properties, or actions taken by > package maintainer scripts. > > -The disk space is given as the integer value of the estimated installed > -size in bytes, divided by 1024 and rounded up. > +The disk space is given as the accumulated size of each regular file and > +symlink rounded to 1 KiB used units, and a baseline of 1 KiB for any other > +filesystem object type. > > .. _s-f-Files: -- Russ Allbery (r...@debian.org) <https://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>
