rctx.download_and_extract should fully unpack .deb files

[carlosgalvezp]

Description of the feature request:

Currently, rctx.download_and_extract just extracts .deb files into its internals, e.g. data.tar, control.tar. It'd probably be more useful if it could actually extract the real data under it, like dpkg -x would do.

Which category does this issue belong to?

Core

What underlying problem are you trying to solve with this feature?

Easily unpack .deb files.

Which operating system are you running Bazel on?

Ubuntu 24.04

What is the output of bazel info release?

release 7.3.1

If bazel info release returns development version or (@non-git), tell us how you built Bazel.

No response

What's the output of git remote get-url origin; git rev-parse HEAD ?

No response

Have you found anything relevant by searching the web?

No response

Any other information, logs, or outputs that you want to share?

No response

[meteorcloudy]

A PR for this feature is welcome!

[iancha1992]

@bazel-io fork 7.6.0

[fmeum]

@iancha1992 Was this marked in error? It doesn't even have a PR out yet. Did you mean to mark something else?

[iancha1992]

@fmeum I've added the soft release blocker label. So it does not have to be pushed to 7.6.