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| -rw-r--r-- | Help/cpack_gen/deb.rst | 12 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Help/release/dev/cpack-deb-tar-format.rst | 7 |
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diff --git a/Help/cpack_gen/deb.rst b/Help/cpack_gen/deb.rst index 66f7239..23f0515 100644 --- a/Help/cpack_gen/deb.rst +++ b/Help/cpack_gen/deb.rst @@ -205,18 +205,18 @@ List of CPack DEB generator specific variables: The archive format used for creating the Debian package. * Mandatory : YES - * Default : "paxr" + * Default : "gnutar" - Possible values are: + Possible value is: - - paxr - gnutar .. note:: - Default pax archive format is the most portable format and generates - packages that do not treat sparse files specially. - GNU tar format on the other hand supports longer filenames. + This variable previously defaulted to the ``paxr`` value, but ``dpkg`` + has never supported that tar format. For backwards compatibility the + ``paxr`` value will be mapped to ``gnutar`` and a deprecation message + will be emitted. .. variable:: CPACK_DEBIAN_COMPRESSION_TYPE diff --git a/Help/release/dev/cpack-deb-tar-format.rst b/Help/release/dev/cpack-deb-tar-format.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..9296ec6 --- /dev/null +++ b/Help/release/dev/cpack-deb-tar-format.rst @@ -0,0 +1,7 @@ +cpack-deb-tar-format +-------------------- + +* The :module:`CPack` module no longer defaults to the ``paxr`` value in the + :variable:`CPACK_DEBIAN_ARCHIVE_TYPE` variable, because ``dpkg`` has + never supported the PAX tar format. The ``paxr`` value will be mapped + to ``gnutar`` and a deprecation message emitted. |