Bug#670125: pass arguments to dpkg-deb

2012-04-23 Thread Harald Dunkel
Package: alien Version: 8.87 Severity: wishlist It would be very nice to pass arguments to dpkg-deb on converting a *.tgz archive to *.deb. For example, I would like to tell it to use 'dpkg-deb -z3'. Many thanx in advance Harri -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Bug#670125: pass arguments to dpkg-deb

2012-04-23 Thread Harald Dunkel
On 04/23/12 16:11, Joey Hess wrote: Alien supports arbitrary customisations via the -g flag. You can edit debian/rules to call dh_builddeb -- -z3 Come on! Do you think thats the same? Have you seen the RPMBUILDOPTS and RPMINSTALLOPT variables? Would it be so difficult to get something for