Package: mini-dinstall Version: 0.6.29 Severity: normal Tags: upstream Dear Maintainer,
currently, if a package is installed more than once, without changing the version of the package, an incorrect "Packages" file is generated by mini-dinstall. Subsequently, APT errors out with "size mismatch" when trying to install that package. Re-installing the same package_version combination is a common scenario if mini-dinstall is used to provide a development repository (arguably the main use case for mini-dinstall). Apparently, the size is recorded in the <repository_name>.db file when a version is first installed in the repository, but never updated for that version afterwards, even if the version is re-installed. My current workaround is to delete the binary <repository>.db file in a "pre_install_script" hook. A permanent fix would require a patch to the upstream source, so that it will always record the size information for a package in the binary database, even if the package version is already present. -- System Information: Debian Release: wheezy/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.39-2-686-pae (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages mini-dinstall depends on: ii apt-utils 0.9.5.1 ii python 2.7.2-10 ii python-apt 0.8.4 ii python-support 1.0.14 Versions of packages mini-dinstall recommends: ii gpgv 1.4.12-4 Versions of packages mini-dinstall suggests: ii debian-keyring 2012.02.22 -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
