Package: dpkg-dev Version: 1.14.4 Severity: normal I have a setup that used to work - it suddenly stopped working. The current behaviour is as follows:
hikaru:/usr/src/dists/nvidia>ls -l total 32 lrwxrwxrwx 1 carlo src 63 2007-06-12 02:53 nvidia-glx_100.14.06-0_amd64.deb -> /usr/src/nvidia/2.6.18-4-amd64/nvidia-glx_100.14.06-0_amd64.deb lrwxrwxrwx 1 carlo src 67 2007-06-12 02:53 nvidia-glx-dev_100.14.06-0_amd64.deb -> /usr/src/nvidia/2.6.18-4-amd64/nvidia-glx-dev_100.14.06-0_amd64.deb lrwxrwxrwx 1 carlo src 84 2007-06-12 02:56 nvidia-kernel-2.6.18-4-amd64_100.14.06+beta_amd64.deb -> /usr/src/nvidia/2.6.18-4-amd64/nvidia-kernel-2.6.18-4-amd64_100.14.06+beta_amd64.deb lrwxrwxrwx 1 carlo src 77 2007-06-12 02:53 nvidia-kernel-2.6-amd64_100.14.06+beta_all.deb -> /usr/src/nvidia/2.6.18-4-amd64/nvidia-kernel-2.6-amd64_100.14.06+beta_all.deb lrwxrwxrwx 1 carlo src 73 2007-06-12 02:54 nvidia-kernel-source_100.14.06-0_amd64.deb -> /usr/src/nvidia/2.6.18-4-amd64/nvidia-kernel-source_100.14.06-0_amd64.deb -rw-r--r-- 1 carlo src 361 2007-06-12 02:51 overridefile -rw-r--r-- 1 carlo src 1897 2007-06-12 02:56 Packages.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 carlo src 201 2007-06-12 02:38 Release hikaru:/usr/src/dists/nvidia>dpkg-scanpackages . overridefile | gzip > Packages.gz ** Packages in archive but missing from override file: ** nvidia-glx nvidia-glx-dev nvidia-kernel-2.6-amd64 nvidia-kernel- 2.6.18-4-amd64 nvidia-kernel-source Wrote 5 entries to output Packages file. hikaru:/usr/src/dists/nvidia>cat overridefile nvidia-glx optional non-free/x11 Carlo Wood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> nvidia-glx-dev optional non-free/x11 Carlo Wood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> nvidia-kernel-2.6-amd64 optional non-free/x11 Carlo Wood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> nvidia-kernel-2.6.18-4-amd64 optional non-free/x11 Carlo Wood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> nvidia-kernel-source optional non-free/x11 Carlo Wood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> hikaru:/usr/src/dists/nvidia>zcat Packages.gz | grep [EMAIL PROTECTED] hikaru:/usr/src/dists/nvidia> hikaru:/usr/src/dists/nvidia>zcat Packages.gz | grep Maintainer Maintainer: Randall Donald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Maintainer: Randall Donald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Maintainer: Randall Donald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Maintainer: Randall Donald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Maintainer: Randall Donald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> In other words, my overridefile was 'ignored' and dpkg-scanpackages complains that packages in the archive are missing from the overridefile while they are NOT missing. -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-4-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages dpkg-dev depends on: ii binutils 2.17cvs20070426-8 The GNU assembler, linker and bina ii cpio 2.7-3 GNU cpio -- a program to manage ar ii dpkg 1.14.4 package maintenance system for Deb ii make 3.81-3 The GNU version of the "make" util ii patch 2.5.9-4 Apply a diff file to an original ii perl [perl5] 5.8.8-7 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction ii perl-modules 5.8.8-7 Core Perl modules Versions of packages dpkg-dev recommends: ii bzip2 1.0.3-6 high-quality block-sorting file co ii gcc [c-compiler] 4:4.1.1-15 The GNU C compiler ii gcc-4.1 [c-compiler] 4.1.1-21 The GNU C compiler -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
