Package: devscripts Version: 2.9.21 Severity: wishlist Tags: patch The attached patch lets aptitude detect and render nicely the list in the description. Please see [1] for the rationale. Patch is attached.
Thanks, *t [1] http://wiki.debian.org/Aptitude::Parse-Description-Bullets=true -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (50, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.15-1-686 Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) Versions of packages devscripts depends on: hi debianutils 2.17 Miscellaneous utilities specific t ii dpkg-dev 1.13.22 package building tools for Debian ii libc6 2.3.6.ds1-4 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii perl 5.8.8-6.1 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction hi sed 4.1.5-1 The GNU sed stream editor Versions of packages devscripts recommends: ii fakeroot 1.5.10 Gives a fake root environment -- no debconf information
--- control.orig 2006-09-23 01:03:18.000000000 +0200 +++ control 2006-09-23 01:04:06.000000000 +0200 @@ -16,69 +16,69 @@ Contains the following scripts, dependencies/recommendations shown in brackets afterwards: - annotate-output: run a command and prepend time and stream (O for stdout, - E for stderr) for every line of output + E for stderr) for every line of output - archpath: print tla/Bazaar package names [tla | bazaar] - bts: a command-line tool for manipulating the BTS [www-browser, - libwww-perl, mailx | mailutils] + libwww-perl, mailx | mailutils] - checkbashisms: check whether a /bin/sh script contains any common - bash-specific contructs + bash-specific contructs - cvs-debi, cvs-debc: to call debi and debc from the CVS working directory - after running cvs-debuild or cvs-buildpackage [cvs-buildpackage] + after running cvs-debuild or cvs-buildpackage [cvs-buildpackage] - cvs-debrelease: to call debrelease from the CVS working directory - after running cvs-debuild or cvs-buildpackage [cvs-buildpackage, - dupload | dput, ssh] + after running cvs-debuild or cvs-buildpackage [cvs-buildpackage, + dupload | dput, ssh] - cvs-debuild: run cvs-buildpackage using debuild (see below) as the - package building program [cvs-buildpackage, fakeroot, lintian | linda, - gnupg] + package building program [cvs-buildpackage, fakeroot, lintian | linda, + gnupg] - dd-list: given a list of packages, pretty-print it ordered by maintainer - debc: display the contents of just-built .debs - debchange/dch: automagically add entries to debian/changelog files [wget] - debclean: purge a Debian source tree [fakeroot] - debcommit: commit changes to cvs or svn, basing commit message on - changelog [cvs | subversion] + changelog [cvs | subversion] - debdiff: compare two versions of a Debian package to check for - added and removed files [wdiff, patchutils] + added and removed files [wdiff, patchutils] - debi: install a just-built package - debpkg: dpkg wrapper to be able to manage/test packages without su - debrelease: wrapper around dupload or dput [dupload | dput, ssh] - debsign, debrsign: sign a .changes/.dsc pair without needing any of - the rest of the package to be present; can sign the pair remotely - or fetch the pair from a remote machine for signing [gnupg, - debian-keyring, ssh] + the rest of the package to be present; can sign the pair remotely + or fetch the pair from a remote machine for signing [gnupg, + debian-keyring, ssh] - debuild: wrapper to build a package without having to su or worry - about how to invoke dpkg to build using fakeroot. Also deals - with common environment problems, umask etc. [fakeroot, - lintian | linda, gnupg] + about how to invoke dpkg to build using fakeroot. Also deals + with common environment problems, umask etc. [fakeroot, + lintian | linda, gnupg] - deb-reversion: increases a binary package version number and repacks the - archive + archive - dget: downloads Debian source and binary packages [wget] - dpkg-depcheck, dpkg-genbuilddeps: determine the packages used during - the build of a Debian package; useful for determining the Build-Depends - control field needed [build-essential, strace] + the build of a Debian package; useful for determining the Build-Depends + control field needed [build-essential, strace] - dscverify: verify the integrity of a Debian package from the - .changes or .dsc files [gnupg, debian-keyring, libdigest-md5-perl] + .changes or .dsc files [gnupg, debian-keyring, libdigest-md5-perl] - grep-excuses: grep the update_excuses.html file for your packages [wget] - mass-bug: mass-file bug reports [mailx | mailutils] - mergechanges: merge .changes files from a package built on different - architectures + architectures - nmudiff: mail a diff of the current package against the previous version - to the BTS to assist in tracking NMUs [mutt] + to the BTS to assist in tracking NMUs [mutt] - plotchangelog: view a nice plot of the data in a changelog file - [libtimedate-perl, gnuplot] + [libtimedate-perl, gnuplot] - pts-subscribe: subscribe to the PTS for a limited period of time - [mailx | mailutils, at] + [mailx | mailutils, at] - rc-alert: list installed packages which have release-critical bugs [wget] - rmadison: remotely query the Debian archive database about packages [wget] - svnpath: print svn repository paths [subversion] - tagpending: shell script which runs from a Debian source tree and tags - bugs that are to be closed in the latest changelog as pending. - [wget] + bugs that are to be closed in the latest changelog as pending. + [wget] - uscan: scan upstream sites for new releases of packages [libwww-perl] - uupdate: integrate upstream changes into a source package [patch] - whodepends: check which maintainers' packages depend on a package - who-uploads [gnupg, debian-keyring, wget]: determine the most recent - uploaders of a package to the Debian archive + uploaders of a package to the Debian archive - wnpp-alert: list installed packages which are orphaned or up for - adoption [wget] + adoption [wget] Also included are a set of example mail filters for filtering mail from Debian mailing lists using exim, procmail, etc.
