Package: dpkg-repack
Version: 1.22
Followup-For: Bug #287319

Since I've also stumbled into the bug, and meanwhile I've reported the
"bug" in 'cp' (that is 'cp -a' not being the same as 'cp -dpPR'), what
about the following patch:

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$ diff -u dpkg-repack.orig dpkg-repack
--- dpkg-repack.orig    2006-05-15 22:50:34.000000000 +0200
+++ dpkg-repack 2006-05-15 22:53:43.000000000 +0200
@@ -227,6 +227,10 @@
                        SafeMkdir "$build_dir/$origfn",$st->mode;
                        chown($st->uid, $st->gid, "$build_dir/$origfn");
                }
+               else if (-p $fn) { # named pipes can't be copied with 'cp -pd' 
at least
+                                  # with coreutils < 5.95
+                       SafeSystem "cp","-a",$fn,"$build_dir/$origfn","";
+               }
                else {
                        SafeSystem "cp","-pd",$fn,"$build_dir/$origfn","";
                }
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*t


-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (50, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.4.22
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)

Versions of packages dpkg-repack depends on:
ii  dpkg-dev                      1.13.18    package building tools for Debian
ii  perl                          5.8.8-4    Larry Wall's Practical Extraction 

dpkg-repack recommends no packages.

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