tags 275401 +patch thanks I can easily replicate this bug...
update apt-watch (works) launch synaptic from apt-watch close synaptic update apt-watch (error) The attached patch seems to fix the problem with 3.2-2. I haven't looked at apt-watch closely enough to follow exactly what it's doing, and I didn't check that this section of code is identical between -2 and -4. John
diff -Nur apt-watch-0.3.2.orig/backend/apt-watch-slave.cc apt-watch-0.3.2/backend/apt-watch-slave.cc
--- apt-watch-0.3.2.orig/backend/apt-watch-slave.cc 2004-04-18 10:05:12.000000000 -0500
+++ apt-watch-0.3.2/backend/apt-watch-slave.cc 2006-01-16 12:47:13.000000000 -0600
@@ -384,6 +384,7 @@
static void do_update(int outfd)
{
setup_list_dir(outfd);
+ setup_archive_dir(outfd);
SlaveProgress progress(outfd);
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