dpkg-repack: fakeroot run without its -u flag may corrupt some file permissions.

Bug #741273 reported by Alin Andrei
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apt-clone (Ubuntu)
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Medium
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: apt-clone

When running "apt-clone clone --with-dpkg-repack", each .deb repack throws this warning:

dpkg-repack: fakeroot run without its -u flag may corrupt some file permissions

So shouldn't dpkg-repack be ran using the -u flag?

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Michael Vogt (mvo) wrote :

Indeed, thanks for this!

Changed in apt-clone (Ubuntu):
status: New → Fix Committed
importance: Undecided → Medium
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package apt-clone - 0.1.3

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apt-clone (0.1.3) natty; urgency=low

  * debian/control:
    - add recommends on dpkg-repack (LP: #741269), thanks to Alin Andrei
  * apt_clone.py:
    - run fakeroot with "-u" (LP: #741273), thanks to Alin Andrei
    - do not fail if sources.list.d does not exist (LP: #745397)
  * .bzr-builddeb/default.conf:
    - run tests in the pre-build hook
 -- Michael Vogt <email address hidden> Thu, 31 Mar 2011 09:26:44 +0200

Changed in apt-clone (Ubuntu):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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