add comment explaining why dpkg-deb --extract still cannot be used

6 months ago · aef8fcfb75
parent cb500ef6ba
commit aef8fcfb75
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@ -2601,6 +2601,8 @@ sub run_extract() {
        }
        # not using dpkg-deb --extract as that would replace the
        # merged-usr symlinks with plain directories
+        # even after switching from pre-merging to post-merging, dpkg-deb
+        # will ignore filter rules from dpkg.cfg.d
        # https://bugs.debian.org/989602
        # not using dpkg --unpack because that would try running preinst
        # maintainer scripts