Debian Bug report logs - #10811
Problems with + characters in package names.

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Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Gordon Russell <g.russell@dcs.napier.ac.uk>

To: submit@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Problems with + characters in package names.

Date: Mon, 23 Jun 1997 15:02:10 +0100 (BST)

Package: dpkg-dev
Version: 1.4.0.17

When releasing doc++, /usr/bin/dpkg-source falls over at line 771.
The problem is that "+" is a special character in the regexp, and it
gets very confused. I dont know enough about perl to fix this cleverly,
but as "+" is a legal character for use in package names, and I was
in a bit of a hurry, I threw together a bit of a fix.

I dont have the original to diff the file against any more, so you should
check this hand-waving version carefully, but:

Line 771
<    @filesinarchive = map { s/^$epfx/$wpfx/; $_ } @filesinarchive;
<    %dirincluded = map { s/^$epfx/$wpfx/; $_=>1 } (keys %dirincluded);
<    %notfileobject = map { s/^$epfx/$wpfx/; $_=>1 } keys %notfileobject;

>    $eepfx = $epfx;
>    $eepfx =~ s/\+/\\\+/g ;
>    
>    @filesinarchive = map { s/^$eepfx/$wpfx/; $_ } @filesinarchive;
>    %dirincluded = map { s/^$eepfx/$wpfx/; $_=>1 } (keys %dirincluded);
>    %notfileobject = map { s/^$eepfx/$wpfx/; $_=>1 } keys %notfileobject;

I dont know if this is a good general fix, but I hope it helps.

 Gordon.

Message #10 received at 10811-done@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Adam Heath <adam@doogie.org>

To: 10811-done@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: 10811: dpkg-dev: Problems with + characters in package names.

Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2000 01:27:02 -0600 (CST)

This was fixed in dpkg 1.4.0.19.

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Version: 3.12
GCS d- s: a-- c+++ UL++++ P+ L++++ !E W+ M o+ K- W--- !O M- !V PS--
PE++ Y+ PGP++ t* 5++ X+ tv b+ D++ G e h*! !r z?
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AD46 C888 F587 F8A3 A6DA  3261 8A2C 7DC2 8BD4 A489 | 8BD4A489 GPG
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