[debpool] Bug#518386: debpool: Could not extract control file from deb file

[Micah Anderson]

Package: debpool
Version: 0.5.1
Severity: normal

When debpool attempted to process a package I built in a lenny environment, it complained thusly:

2009-03-05 09:29:03 [GENERAL/ERROR] Could not load deb file /var/cache/debpool/pool/main/p/passenger/passenger-doc_2.0.6-1~riseup50+2_all.deb: 
2009-03-05 09:29:03 [GENERAL/ERROR] Could not extract control file from deb file /var/cache/debpool/pool/main/p/passenger/passenger-doc_2.0.6-1~riseup50+2_all.deb
2009-03-05 09:29:03 [INSTALL/FATAL] Couldn't install package 'passenger': Failed to generate .package file: 

I was able to run 'ar x' on the deb file in question and there was a
typical control.tar.gz and inside there was a proper control file. I'm
a bit puzzled what caused this.

micah

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 5.0
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-1-vserver-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash