GNU tar >= 1.27 is required for --owner=NAME:ID and --group=NAME:ID. And fails to build .deb packages with error: | dpkg-deb: building package 'linux-libc-headers-dbg' in '.../tmp/work/i586-poky-linux/linux-libc-headers/4.19-r0/deploy-debs/i586/linux-libc-headers-dbg_ 4.19-r0.0_i386.deb'. | tar: root\:0: Invalid owner | tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now | dpkg-deb: error: tar -cf subprocess returned error exit status 2 Tweak tar options in dpkg-deb source code to make it work on old machines. Upstream-Status: Inappropriate [cross build specific] Signed-off-by: Kai Kang --- diff --git a/dpkg-deb/build.c b/dpkg-deb/build.c index 68d187511..86fe22e25 100644 --- a/dpkg-deb/build.c +++ b/dpkg-deb/build.c @@ -462,7 +462,7 @@ tarball_pack(const char *dir, filenames_feed_func *tar_filenames_feeder, if (options->mode) command_add_args(&cmd, "--mode", options->mode, NULL); if (options->root_owner_group) - command_add_args(&cmd, "--owner", "root:0", "--group", "root:0", NULL); + command_add_args(&cmd, "--owner", "root", "--group", "root", NULL); command_add_args(&cmd, "--null", "--no-unquote", "--no-recursion", "-T", "-", NULL); command_exec(&cmd);