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-rw-r--r--apt-pkg/contrib/fileutl.cc3
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/apt-pkg/contrib/fileutl.cc b/apt-pkg/contrib/fileutl.cc
index 388849144..c623f1a2a 100644
--- a/apt-pkg/contrib/fileutl.cc
+++ b/apt-pkg/contrib/fileutl.cc
@@ -1882,6 +1882,9 @@ public:
if ((Mode & FileFd::ReadWrite) == FileFd::ReadWrite)
return filefd->FileFdError("ReadWrite mode is not supported for file %s", filefd->FileName.c_str());
+ if (compressor.Binary == "false")
+ return filefd->FileFdError("libapt has inbuilt support for the %s compression,"
+ " but was forced to ignore it in favor of an external binary – which isn't installed.", compressor.Name.c_str());
bool const Comp = (Mode & FileFd::WriteOnly) == FileFd::WriteOnly;
if (Comp == false)