Package: python-debian Version: 0.1.49 When tar(1) executable is a non-GNU implementation of tar (bsdtar from libarchive here), test_control fails trying to pass unsupported `-- warning=no-timestamp` option:
``` =============================== FAILURES =============================== _______________________ TestDebFile.test_control _______________________ self = <debian.tests.test_debfile.TestDebFile object at 0x7fcb65566aa0> sample_deb = '/tmp/portage/dev-python/python-debian- 0.1.49/temp/test_debfile.cwjvb8xc/test.ar' @pytest.mark.skipif(not _dpkg_deb_path, reason="dpkg-deb not installed") def test_control(self, sample_deb): # type: (str) -> None """ test for control contents equality """ with os.popen("dpkg-deb -f %s" % sample_deb) as dpkg_deb: filecontrol = "".join(dpkg_deb.readlines()) with debfile.DebFile(sample_deb) as deb: ctrl = deb.control.get_content("control") assert ctrl is not None > assert ctrl.decode("utf-8") == filecontrol [... cut long diff between expcected and "" ...] deb = <debian.debfile.DebFile object at 0x7fcb654951b0> dpkg_deb = <os._wrap_close object at 0x7fcb65495660> filecontrol = '' sample_deb = '/tmp/portage/dev-python/python-debian- 0.1.49/temp/test_debfile.cwjvb8xc/test.ar' self = <debian.tests.test_debfile.TestDebFile object at 0x7fcb65566aa0> lib/debian/tests/test_debfile.py:623: AssertionError ------------------------- Captured stderr call ------------------------- tar: Option --warning=no-timestamp is not supported Usage: List: tar -tf <archive-filename> Extract: tar -xf <archive-filename> Create: tar -cf <archive-filename> [filenames...] Help: tar --help dpkg-deb: error: tar subprocess returned error exit status 1 ``` This is Gentoo Linux/amd64 with libarchive-3.6.1. GNU tar is available as `gtar` if you really need it. I suspect the same problem applies to *BSD systems. -- Best regards, Michał Górny