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zst compression not supported by apt/dpkg

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I'm running Debian, namely:
`
# uname -A
Linux martlins2 5.10.0-8-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 5.10.46-4 (2021-08-03) x86_64 GNU/Linux
` and for some time I see some errors telling that _some_ parts of _some_ packages uses _unknown_ compression while doing apt update. In particular, the cause of the issue lays in the middle of the dpkg:
`
# apt update
(...)
# apt upgrade
(...)
dpkg-deb: error: archive '/var/cache/apt/archives/libdrm-amdgpu1_2.4.107+git2109030500.d201a4~oibaf~i_amd64.deb' uses unknown compression for member 'control.tar.zst', giving up
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/share/apt-listchanges/DebianFiles.py", line 124, in readdeb
    output = subprocess.check_output(command)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.9/subprocess.py", line 424, in check_output
    return run(*popenargs, stdout=PIPE, timeout=timeout, check=True,
  File "/usr/lib/python3.9/subprocess.py", line 528, in run
    raise CalledProcessError(retcode, process.args,
subprocess.CalledProcessError: Command '['dpkg-deb', '-f', '/var/cache/apt/archives/libdrm-amdgpu1_2.4.107+git2109030500.d201a4~oibaf~i_amd64.deb', 'Package', 'Source', 'Version', 'Architecture', 'Status']' returned non-zero exit status 2.

The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/apt-listchanges", line 323, in 
    main(config)
  File "/usr/bin/apt-listchanges", line 104, in main
    pkg = DebianFiles.Package(deb)
  File "/usr/share/apt-listchanges/DebianFiles.py", line 358, in __init__
    parser.readdeb(self.path)
  File "/usr/share/apt-listchanges/DebianFiles.py", line 127, in readdeb
    raise RuntimeError(_("Error processing '%(what)s': %(errmsg)s") %
RuntimeError: Error processing '/var/cache/apt/archives/libdrm-amdgpu1_2.4.107+git2109030500.d201a4~oibaf~i_amd64.deb': Command '['dpkg-deb', '-f', '/var/cache/apt/archives/libdrm-amdgpu1_2.4.107+git2109030500.d201a4~oibaf~i_amd64.deb', 'Package', 'Source', 'Version', 'Architecture', 'Status']' returned non-zero exit status 2.

dpkg-deb: error: archive '/tmp/apt-dpkg-install-XiLPN8/01-libdrm-amdgpu1_2.4.107+git2109030500.d201a4~oibaf~i_amd64.deb' uses unknown compression for member 'control.tar
.zst', giving up
dpkg: error processing archive /tmp/apt-dpkg-install-XiLPN8/01-libdrm-amdgpu1_2.4.107+git2109030500.d201a4~oibaf~i_amd64.deb (--unpack):
 dpkg-deb --control subprocess returned error exit status 2
(...)
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /tmp/apt-dpkg-install-XiLPN8/01-libdrm-amdgpu1_2.4.107+git2109030500.d201a4~oibaf~i_amd64.deb
(...)
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
` To proove it, I've run the dpkg command (simplified) directly:
`
# dpkg -f /var/cache/apt/archives/libdrm-amdgpu1_2.4.107+git2109030500.d201a4~oibaf~i_amd64.deb 'Package'
dpkg-deb: error: archive '/var/cache/apt/archives/libdrm-amdgpu1_2.4.107+git2109030500.d201a4~oibaf~i_amd64.deb' uses unknown compression for member 'control.tar.zst', giving up
` The file really does use such compression:
`
# file /var/cache/apt/archives/libdrm-amdgpu1_2.4.107+git2109030500.d201a4~oibaf~i_amd64.deb
/var/cache/apt/archives/libdrm-amdgpu1_2.4.107+git2109030500.d201a4~oibaf~i_amd64.deb: Debian binary package (format 2.0), with control.tar.zs, data compression zst
` I do have installed the zstd package:
`
# apt search zstd
(...)
libzstd1/stable,stable,now 1.4.8+dfsg-2.1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
  fast lossless compression algorithm
(...)
zstd/stable,stable,now 1.4.8+dfsg-2.1 amd64 [installed]
  fast lossless compression algorithm -- CLI tool
` Furthermore, I found following dpkg bugreport: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dpkg/+bug/1764220 saying the zstd support have been added in 1.18.4ubuntu1.7 version. My version of dpkg is 1.20.9:
`
# dpkg --version
Debian 'dpkg' package management program version 1.20.9 (amd64).
(...)
` so that _may_ not be an issue. I've also removed the whole contents of the /var/cache/apt/archives/* and re-update && upgraded. Didn't help. Do you have any tips what to do with that? Is there/Are there an further packages missing? Does the Debian version doesn't have such feature? Is it an configuration issue? Is there any workaround?
Asked by martlin (373 rep)
Sep 14, 2021, 08:13 PM
Last activity: Aug 27, 2024, 12:27 PM