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Scan of .deb file finds no license information #3260

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Scanning of Debian package deb files finds no license information.
The scan detects the file as a Debian package but not detecting license (\usr\share\doc\tar\copyright).

How To Reproduce

Download a Debian package and run scancode:

scancode -plciv --html tar.html --json-pp tar.json tar.deb

scancode -plciv --html tar.html --json-pp tar.json tar.deb
Setup plugin: scan:info...
Setup plugin: scan:packages...
Setup plugin: scan:licenses...
Setup plugin: scan:copyrights...
Setup plugin: post_scan:license-references...
Setup plugin: output:html...
Setup plugin: output:json-pp...
Collect file inventory...
Scan files for: info, packages, licenses, copyrights with 1 process(es)...
Scanned: /sources/test/tar.deb
Scanned: /sources/test/tar.deb
Filter scans...
Filter scan: info...
Filter scan: packages...
Filter scan: licenses...
Filter scan: copyrights...
Run post-scans...
Run post-scan: license-references...
Save scan results...
Save scan results as: html...
Save scan results as: json-pp...
Scanning done.
Summary: info, packages, licenses, copyrights with 1 process(es)
Errors count: 0
Scan Speed: 21.85 files/sec. 17.65 MB/sec.
Initial counts: 1 resource(s): 1 file(s) and 0 directorie(s)
Final counts: 1 resource(s): 1 file(s) and 0 directorie(s) for 826.91 KB
Timings:
scan_start: 2023-02-16T124348.946312
scan_end: 2023-02-16T124350.607741
setup_scan:licenses: 1.59s
setup: 1.59s
total: 1.70s
Removing temporary files...done.

Output json file:

{
"headers": [
{
"tool_name": "scancode-toolkit",
"tool_version": "32.0.0rc1",
"options": {
"input": [
"tar.deb"
],
"--copyright": true,
"--html": "tar.html",
"--info": true,
"--json-pp": "tar.json",
"--license": true,
"--package": true,
"--verbose": true
},
"notice": "Generated with ScanCode and provided on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES\nOR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. No content created from\nScanCode should be considered or used as legal advice. Consult an Attorney\nfor any legal advice.\nScanCode is a free software code scanning tool from nexB Inc. and others.\nVisit https://github.com/nexB/scancode-toolkit/ for support and download.",
"start_timestamp": "2023-02-16T124348.946312",
"end_timestamp": "2023-02-16T124350.607741",
"output_format_version": "3.0.0",
"duration": 1.661440134048462,
"message": null,
"errors": [],
"warnings": [],
"extra_data": {
"system_environment": {
"operating_system": "linux",
"cpu_architecture": "64",
"platform": "Linux-5.10.0-20-amd64-x86_64-with-glibc2.31",
"platform_version": "#1 SMP Debian 5.10.158-2 (2022-12-13)",
"python_version": "3.9.2 (default, Feb 28 2021, 17:03:44) \n[GCC 10.2.1 20210110]"
},
"spdx_license_list_version": "3.19",
"files_count": 1
}
}
],
"packages": [],
"dependencies": [],
"license_detections": [],
"license_references": [],
"license_rule_references": [],
"files": [
{
"path": "tar.deb",
"type": "file",
"name": "tar.deb",
"base_name": "tar",
"extension": ".deb",
"size": 846756,
"date": "2021-02-17",
"sha1": "cfa5510fec0d212506dac32538a1a761792ba034",
"md5": "483cd0fa2cc7139193af5fdfb9e1d7c1",
"sha256": "bd8e963c6edcf1c806df97cd73560794c347aa94b9aaaf3b88eea585bb2d2f3c",
"mime_type": "application/vnd.debian.binary-package",
"file_type": "Debian binary package (format 2.0), with control.tar.xz, data compression xz",
"programming_language": null,
"is_binary": true,
"is_text": false,
"is_archive": true,
"is_media": false,
"is_source": false,
"is_script": false,
"package_data": [],
"for_packages": [],
"detected_license_expression": null,
"detected_license_expression_spdx": null,
"license_detections": [],
"license_clues": [],
"percentage_of_license_text": 0,
"for_license_detections": [],
"copyrights": [],
"holders": [],
"authors": [],
"files_count": 0,
"dirs_count": 0,
"size_count": 0,
"scan_errors": []
}
]
}

System configuration

OS:
Debian 11

Scancode version:
ScanCode version: 32.0.0rc1
ScanCode Output Format version: 3.0.0
SPDX License list version: 3.19

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