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Tag: uses-no-compression-for-data-tarball
Severity: error
Check: deb-format
See-Also: deb(5)
Explanation: The data portion of this binary package uses a non-compressed
 format. Although dpkg will support extracting such binary packages
 since dpkg 1.10.24, creating them is not advised except in special
 cases.
 .
 Except if data is non-compressible, use gzip for
 maximum compatibility and speed, and xz for maximum compression ratio.