Bug#377279: dpkg-deb -b causes tar to emit warning

Package: dpkg Version: 1.13.21 The warning: tar: -: file name read contains nul character is emitted when building packages. To replicate: mkdir -p foo/DEBIAN cat foo/DEBIAN/control EOF Package: foo Version: 1 Architecture: i386 Maintainer: Cody McGee [EMAIL PROTECTED] Description: empty

Bug#377279: dpkg-deb -b causes tar to emit warning

reassign 377279 dpkg-dev severity 377279 minor merge 377279 376351 thanks Hello, On Fri, Jul 07, 2006 at 08:04:22PM +, Alexey Toptygin wrote: The warning: tar: -: file name read contains nul character It is just a warning. You can ignore it safely. Next version of dpkg-dev will call