On Sat, Dec 07, 2002 at 11:56:54AM -0700, Bob Proulx wrote: > Stig Are M. Botterli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-12-07 17:37:33 +0000]: > > I wanted to remove a dependency from a debian package. I took it apart and > > edited the control-file, and put it back together. However, dpkg wouldn't > > recognize it as a debian package. 'file' reports it as a "current ar > > archive", while it reports the original .deb as a Debian binary package. So > > the question is, how do I 'brand' (ie give it the correct magic number) my > > manipulated .deb-file as a debian package? > > Debian uses the oldest ar format so that it is compatible with newer > ar programs which read both the old format and the new format. > Therefore you would need to use the old ar program to repack the .deb. > Unfortunately off of the top of my head I don't know where that old > format program is that debian uses for that purpose. This is > documented somewhere in the debian packaging manual.
ar works. It's all in the order of the files. To make a working .deb "ar r foo.deb debian-binary control.tar.gz data.tar.gz". There is no special option for new/old format to worry about. If the order of the files in the archive is wrong, you get a "current ar archive". If the order is correct, you get "Debian binary package (format 2.0), uses gzip compression". -- Seneca [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
