I'm sorry to report that this bug is still unresolved in Natty. I'm using dpkg 1.16.1 and the procedure to reproduce is:
Create a directory structure like this: debian/ debian/DEBIAN debian/DEBIAN/control debian/DEBIAN/postinst debian/usr/ debian/usr/local/ debian/usr/local/HUGE-FILE-BIGGER-THAN-2GB Then create the deb with: fakeroot dpkg-deb --build debian Which completes without error, however, the resulting deb is corrupted. ar -t debian.deb ar: debian.deb: Malformed archive -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/686414 Title: dpkg build corrupted packages, if package size is over 2 GB To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dpkg/+bug/686414/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
