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man: Document the tar entry size limitation for deb(5) format

Guillem Jover пре 10 година
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      debian/changelog
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      man/deb.5

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debian/changelog

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ dpkg (1.18.8) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
     - Improve dpkg-buildpackage(1) on environment expectations.
     - Improve dpkg-buildpackage(1) on environment expectations.
     - Clarify the format of the db:Status-Abbrev virtual field in
     - Clarify the format of the db:Status-Abbrev virtual field in
       dpkg-query(1). Closes: #824515
       dpkg-query(1). Closes: #824515
+    - Document the tar entry size limitation for deb(5) format.
 
 
   [ Updated programs translations ]
   [ Updated programs translations ]
   * German (Sven Joachim).
   * German (Sven Joachim).

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man/deb.5

@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ the pre-POSIX ustar format, a subset of the GNU format (only the new
 style long pathnames and long linknames, supported since dpkg 1.4.1.17),
 style long pathnames and long linknames, supported since dpkg 1.4.1.17),
 and the POSIX ustar format (long names supported since dpkg 1.15.0).
 and the POSIX ustar format (long names supported since dpkg 1.15.0).
 Unrecognized tar typeflags are considered an error.
 Unrecognized tar typeflags are considered an error.
+Each tar entry size inside a tar archive is limited to 11 ASCII octal
+digits, allowing for up to 8 GiB tar entries.
 .PP
 .PP
 The first member is named
 The first member is named
 .B debian\-binary
 .B debian\-binary