[Bug 1263650] Re: dpkg-deb : can't specify -e option for xz compression

[Adam Conrad]

See "-Scompress-strategy" in the dpkg-deb manpage, for instance
"-Sextreme".  Not all strategies are supported by all versions, but
everything from 14.04 on should support extreme.

** Changed in: dpkg (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Fix Released

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Title:
  dpkg-deb : can't specify -e option for xz compression

Status in dpkg package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  I"m currently using this command line :
  dpkg-deb -Zxz -z9 --build dpkg my_application.deb

  I would like to be able to specify the aditionnal "--extreme" (or
  "-e") option of xz.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: dpkg 1.16.1.2ubuntu7.2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-44.67~precise1-generic 3.5.7.25
  Uname: Linux 3.5.0-44-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.6
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Mon Dec 23 10:57:24 2013
  MarkForUpload: True
  SourcePackage: dpkg
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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