php-wpcli_2.9.0_all.deb cannot be installed on Debian < 12 (bookworm) #66
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php-wpcli_2.9.0_all.deb cannot be installed on Debian < 12 (bookworm)
$ grep PRETTY_NAME /etc/os-release
PRETTY_NAME="Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye)"
$ sudo dpkg --no-act -i php-wpcli_2.9.0_all.deb
dpkg-deb: error: archive 'php-wpcli_2.9.0_all.deb' uses unknown compression for member 'control.tar.zst', giving up
dpkg: error processing archive php-wpcli_2.9.0_all.deb (--install):
dpkg-deb --control subprocess returned error exit status 2
Errors were encountered while processing:
php-wpcli_2.9.0_all.deb
$ file php-wpcli_2.8.1_all.deb php-wpcli_2.9.0_all.deb
php-wpcli_2.8.1_all.deb: Debian binary package (format 2.0), with control.tar.xz, data compression xz
php-wpcli_2.9.0_all.deb: Debian binary package (format 2.0), with control.tar.zs, data compression zst
dpkg 1.21.18 added zstd support for .deb archives.
Debian 11 (bullseye) has dpkg 1.20.13.
Debian 12 (bookworm) has dpkg 1.21.22.
Please revert the data compression to xz.
Thank you!
Dan
Urbana, Illinois