Bug#1024469: lib/debian/tests/test_debfile.py::TestDebFile::test_control fails when tar(1) is not GNU tar

[Michał Górny]

On Mon, 2022-11-21 at 00:03 +1100, Stuart Prescott wrote:
> Hi Michał,
> 
> Thanks for the intriguing report.
> 
> The error is coming from the invocation of dpkg-deb which runs
> ["tar", "-x", "-m", "-f", "-", "--warning=no-timestamp"]
> 
> Do I take it that on your system dpkg-deb exists but is entirely 
> non-functional because it can't actually work with any archives?

Ah, I didn't even realize I have dpkg installed!  I've never used it but
if you think it's broken, then it probably is ;-).

> If that's the case, I guess the real solution is fixing dpkg-deb. In the 
> meantime, I'll need to think about how the test can navigate its way 
> around a broken dpkg-deb being installed — at present, it assumes that 
> the tools it finds are not broken.

Indeed.  Should I file a new bug against dpkg, or can you "reassign"
this one then?

As for python-debian, please don't worry too much about it.  This setup
with bsdtar is quite experimental, and mostly meant to catch and report
potential issues right now.  I don't think you have to worry about real
users being affected right now.

-- 
Best regards,
Michał Górny