Issue
I'm building a .deb using dpkg-buildpackage on Ubuntu 21.10 that is then extracted in a Debian system, which does not use zstd compression. How can I switch to the old compression when building my deb?
Running the command with --compression=xz or the equivalent -Z flag still leads to a zstd compressed file.
Solution
You can make dpkg use another compression format by adding the following lines to the rules file, which is located in your debian folder:
override_dh_builddeb:
dh_builddeb -- -Zgzip
It is a bit late, but I hope it helps somebody.
Answered By - AldegarRızvan Answer Checked By - Cary Denson (WPSolving Admin)