strutl.cc: the filename can't be longer than 255 The URItoFileName translates the path into the filename, but the filename can't be longer than 255 according to /usr/include/linux/limits.h. Truncate it when it is longer than 240 (leave some spaces for ".Packages" and "._Release" suffix) Upstream-Status: Pending Signed-off-by: Robert Yang --- apt-pkg/contrib/strutl.cc | 7 ++++++- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/apt-pkg/contrib/strutl.cc b/apt-pkg/contrib/strutl.cc --- a/apt-pkg/contrib/strutl.cc +++ b/apt-pkg/contrib/strutl.cc @@ -399,7 +399,12 @@ string URItoFileName(const string &URI) // "\x00-\x20{}|\\\\^\\[\\]<>\"\x7F-\xFF"; string NewURI = QuoteString(U,"\\|{}[]<>\"^~_=!@#$%^&*"); replace(NewURI.begin(),NewURI.end(),'/','_'); - return NewURI; + + // Truncate from the head when it is longer than 240 + if(NewURI.length() > 240) + return NewURI.substr(NewURI.length() - 240, NewURI.length() - 1); + else + return NewURI; } /*}}}*/ // Base64Encode - Base64 Encoding routine for short strings /*{{{*/ -- 1.7.10.4