On Thu, 18 Dec 2014 23:25:06 +0200, Yavor Doganov wrote:

> Daniel Getz wrote:
> > Can you run with the attached patch to debian.rb, and see if it will
> > show which entry of which file triggers the error?
> Thanks; here's the output:

> Error parsing file /var/lib/dpkg/available

Wow, that's an interesting finding.

> Contents of info:
> Package: ayuda
> Priority: extra
> Section: misc

There is no package ayuda in Debian (anymore; it was removed in 2005,
according to https://packages.qa.debian.org/a/ayuda.html -- which
also shows the encoding problems :))


Ok, so what are we doing now?

While I would like dhelp to handle this situation a bit more
gracefully, I suggest to downgrade the severity of the bug since it
shouldn't affect anyone running packages contained in recent and
upcoming Debian releases, and keeping it out of jessie for these
cornercases seems a bit to strong for me.

(Of course a fix would be best :))

Cheers,
gregor

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