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Package: dpkg
Version: 1.21.22
Severity: wishlist

Dear Maintainer,

I'm working on the dpkg codebase, and I've found that when extracting a
.deb with an uncompressed data.tar, we can install it even without calling dpk-deb as subprocess.
Find a patch attached.

Regards,

-- Package-specific info:
This system uses merged-usr-via-aliased-dirs, going behind dpkg's
back, breaking its core assumptions. This can cause silent file
overwrites and disappearances, and its general tools misbehavior.
See <https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/Dpkg/FAQ#broken-usrmerge>.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 12.7
APT prefers stable-security
APT policy: (500, 'stable-security'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 6.11.0-saturno (SMP w/8 CPU threads)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)

Versions of packages dpkg depends on:
ii libbz2-1.0 1.0.8-5+b1
ii libc6 2.36-9+deb12u8
ii liblzma5 5.4.1-0.2
ii libmd0 1.0.4-2
ii libselinux1 3.4-1+b6
ii libzstd1 1.5.4+dfsg2-5
ii tar 1.34+dfsg-1.2+deb12u1
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.13.dfsg-1

dpkg recommends no packages.

Versions of packages dpkg suggests:
ii apt 2.6.1
pn debsig-verify <none>

-- no debconf information

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