Lintian tag: custom-compression-in-debian-source-options

Type: warning

Description (from lintian-explain-tags)

This package selects a custom compression level or algorithm in
debian/source/options. Please remove the call and let dpkg-deb(1) select
suitable defaults.

Custom compression settings are usually chosen for one of two reasons:

Higher compression levels or more advanced algorithms shrink the sizes of
large files, but they can cause problems in the resource constrained
environments used in Debian's buildd infrastructure. For example, higher
than expected memory consumption may trigger an FTBFS or a failure to
install.

Lower compression levels or less advanced algorithms are sometimes needed
to support older Debian version. Unfortunately, they also make it harder
to change the defaults on an archive-wide basis.

Some legitimate use cases trigger this tag. Please override it.

Please refer to Bug#829100, Bug#906614, Bug#909696, and the dpkg-deb(1)
manual page for details.

Visibility: warning
Show-Always: no
Check: debian/source-dir
Renamed from: debian-source-options-has-custom-compression-settings

Affected packages

source version binary level tag count information
astromenace-data 1.3.2+repack-3 warning custom-compression-in-debian-source-options 1 compression = "xz" [debian/source/options:1]
bzip2 1.0.8-6 warning custom-compression-in-debian-source-options 1 compression-level = 9 [debian/source/options:2]
bzip2 1.0.8-6 warning custom-compression-in-debian-source-options 1 compression = "bzip2" [debian/source/options:1]
cdftools 4.0.0-3 warning custom-compression-in-debian-source-options 1 compression = "xz" [debian/source/options:1]
console-data 2:1.12-9 warning custom-compression-in-debian-source-options 1 compression = "xz" [debian/source/options:1]
d1x-rebirth 0.58.1-1.2 warning custom-compression-in-debian-source-options 1 compression = "xz" [debian/source/options:1]
debootstrap 1.0.141 overridden custom-compression-in-debian-source-options 1 compression = gzip [debian/source/options:1]
dnsviz 0.11.1-1 warning custom-compression-in-debian-source-options 1 compression = "gzip" [debian/source/options:2]
fonts-ipamj-mincho 005.01-2.1 warning custom-compression-in-debian-source-options 1 compression-level = 9 [debian/source/options:2]
fonts-ipamj-mincho 005.01-2.1 warning custom-compression-in-debian-source-options 1 compression = "xz" [debian/source/options:1]
fortunes-ga 0.10+nmu1 warning custom-compression-in-debian-source-options 1 compression = "xz" [debian/source/options:1]
infinipath-psm 3.3+20.604758e7-6.4 warning custom-compression-in-debian-source-options 1 compression = "xz" [debian/source/options:1]
intel-microcode 3.20250812.1 warning custom-compression-in-debian-source-options 1 compression = "xz" [debian/source/options:1]
libftdi 0.20-4 warning custom-compression-in-debian-source-options 1 compression = "xz" [debian/source/options:1]
liblockfile 1.17-2 warning custom-compression-in-debian-source-options 1 compression = "bzip2" [debian/source/options:1]
liblockfile 1.17-2 warning custom-compression-in-debian-source-options 1 compression-level = 9 [debian/source/options:2]
libterralib 4.3.0+dfsg.2-12.2 warning custom-compression-in-debian-source-options 1 compression = "xz" [debian/source/options:1]
libterralib 4.3.0+dfsg.2-13 warning custom-compression-in-debian-source-options 1 compression = "xz" [debian/source/options:1]
libvsqlitepp 0.3.13-4.1 warning custom-compression-in-debian-source-options 1 compression = "xz" [debian/source/options:1]
otf2bdf 3.1-4.1 warning custom-compression-in-debian-source-options 1 compression-level = 7 [debian/source/options:3]
otf2bdf 3.1-4.1 warning custom-compression-in-debian-source-options 1 compression = "bzip2" [debian/source/options:2]
sqlcl-package 0.1.1 warning custom-compression-in-debian-source-options 1 compression = "xz" [debian/source/options:1]
sqldeveloper-package 0.5.4 warning custom-compression-in-debian-source-options 1 compression = "xz" [debian/source/options:1]
vdradmin-am 3.6.13-1 warning custom-compression-in-debian-source-options 1 compression = "bzip2" [debian/source/options:1]
yubiserver 0.6-3.2 warning custom-compression-in-debian-source-options 1 compression-level = 9 [debian/source/options:2]
yubiserver 0.6-3.2 warning custom-compression-in-debian-source-options 1 compression = "bzip2" [debian/source/options:1]