1 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/dpkg-deb/build.c b/dpkg-deb/build.c
index 3317b517a..b9cc0ad22 100644
--- a/dpkg-deb/build.c
+++ b/dpkg-deb/build.c
@@ -177,9 +177,14 @@ file_treewalk_feed(const char *dir, int fd_out)
       fi = file_info_new(nodename);
       file_info_list_append(&symlist, &symlist_end, fi);
     } else {
-      if (fd_write(fd_out, nodename, strlen(nodename) + 1) < 0)
-        ohshite(_("failed to write filename to tar pipe (%s)"),
-                _("data member"));
+      if (strstr(nodename, "/charset.alias") != NULL) {
+        warning(_("skipping file `%s'."), nodename);
+      }
+      else {
+        if (fd_write(fd_out, nodename, strlen(nodename) + 1) < 0)
+          ohshite(_("failed to write filename to tar pipe (%s)"),
+                  _("data member"));
+      }
     }
 
     free(nodename);