Bug#538307: aptitude: package view doesn't show description for some packages

Fri, 24 Jul 2009 10:32:50 -0700 

Package: aptitude
Version: 0.4.11.11-1~lenny1
Severity: normal
The package view (interactive usage of aptitude) is not showing the description for some packages, e.g. asylum: 

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p barrage <none> 1.0.2-2 p bastet <none> 0.41-6 p battleball <none> 2.0-17
? ? Tags: role::program, uitoolkit::sdl, use::gameplaying ? 
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Other packages work fine, e.g. atanks:

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p barrage <none> 1.0.2-2 p bastet <none> 0.41-6 p battleball <none> 2.0-17 
tank-battling game
Atomic tanks is a multi-player game in which you attempt to destroy other tanks while trying to protect your own. You earn money for ? destroying other tanks; with this money you can buy upgrades and better weapons for your tank. ? ? This game is similar Scorched Earth or the Worms series of games. ? ? ? Tags: game::arcade, game::strategy, interface::x11, role::program, use::gameplaying, x11::application ? 
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"aptitude show" works fine, OTOH:

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twin:~# aptitude show asylum
No current or candidate version found for asylum
Package: asylum
State: not installed
Version: 0.3.0-3
Priority: optional
Section: games
Maintainer: Debian Games Team <[email protected]>
Uncompressed Size: 221k
Depends: asylum-data (= 0.3.0-3), libc6 (>= 2.2.5), libgcc1 (>= 1:4.1.1), libgl1-mesa-glx | libgl1, libglu1-mesa | libglu1, libsdl-mixer1.2 (>= 1.2.6), libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1), libstdc++6 (>= 4.1.1) 
Description: surreal platform shooting game
Young Sigmund has a few problems. To help him resolve his mental instability you must enter the surreal world of his inner mind and shut down the malfunctioning brain cells. Guide Sigmund through the Ego, Psyche and Id zones - each one 300 times the size of the screen - to locate the eight renegade neurons, entering them one by one to find and trigger their self-destruct system. This is a port of Digital Psychosis' 1994 game for the Acorn Archimedes. 
Homepage: http://sdl-asylum.sourceforge.net/

Tags: role::program, uitoolkit::sdl, use::gameplaying

twin:~# === end screen excerpt ===
Unsetting language-relevant environment variables didn't change anything. 
It might correlate with APT pinning, though:


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sascha.si...@twin:~$ apt-cache policy asylum atanks
asylum:
   Installed: (none)
   Candidate: (none)
   Version table:
      0.3.0-3 0
         -10 http://ftp.de.debian.org squeeze/main Packages
         -10 http://ftp.de.debian.org sid/main Packages
atanks:
   Installed: (none)
   Candidate: 3.0-1
   Version table:
      3.6-1 0
         -10 http://ftp.de.debian.org squeeze/main Packages
         -10 http://ftp.de.debian.org sid/main Packages
      3.0-1 0
         500 http://ftp.de.debian.org lenny/main Packages
sascha.si...@twin:~$ === end screen excerpt ===






-- Package-specific info:
aptitude 0.4.11.11 compiled at Dec  5 2008 09:06:14
Compiler: g++ 4.3.2
Compiled against:
   apt version 4.6.0
   NCurses version 5.6
   libsigc++ version: 2.0.18
   Ept support enabled.

Current library versions:
   NCurses version: ncurses 5.7.20081213
   cwidget version: 0.5.12
   Apt version: 4.6.0
        linux-vdso.so.1 =>  (0x00007fff23dff000)
libapt-pkg-libc6.7-6.so.4.6 => /usr/lib/libapt-pkg-libc6.7-6.so.4.6 (0x00007fa71b7bc000) 
        libncursesw.so.5 => /lib/libncursesw.so.5 (0x00007fa71b571000)
        libsigc-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libsigc-2.0.so.0 (0x00007fa71b36c000)
        libcwidget.so.3 => /usr/lib/libcwidget.so.3 (0x00007fa71b099000)
        libept.so.0 => /usr/lib/libept.so.0 (0x00007fa71ae20000)
        libxapian.so.15 => /usr/lib/libxapian.so.15 (0x00007fa71aab6000)
        libz.so.1 => /usr/lib/libz.so.1 (0x00007fa71a89f000)
        libpthread.so.0 => /lib/libpthread.so.0 (0x00007fa71a683000)
        libstdc++.so.6 => /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6 (0x00007fa71a377000)
        libm.so.6 => /lib/libm.so.6 (0x00007fa71a0f4000)
        libgcc_s.so.1 => /lib/libgcc_s.so.1 (0x00007fa719edd000)
        libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x00007fa719b8a000)
        libutil.so.1 => /lib/libutil.so.1 (0x00007fa719987000)
        libdl.so.2 => /lib/libdl.so.2 (0x00007fa719783000)
        /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00007fa71ba7d000)
Terminal: xterm
$DISPLAY is set.
`which aptitude`: /usr/bin/aptitude
aptitude version information:

aptitude linkage:

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 5.0.2
   APT prefers stable
   APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-2-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages aptitude depends on:
ii  apt [libapt-pkg-libc6. 0.7.20.2+lenny1   Advanced front-end for dpkg
ii libc6 2.7-18 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libcwidget3 0.5.12-4 high-level terminal interface libr ii libept0 0.5.22 High-level library for managing De 
ii  libgcc1                1:4.3.2-1.1       GCC support library
ii libncursesw5 5.7+20081213-1 shared libraries for terminal hand ii libsigc++-2.0-0c2a 2.0.18-2 type-safe Signal Framework for C++ ii libstdc++6 4.3.2-1.1 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3 
ii  libxapian15            1.0.7-4           Search engine library
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-12 compression library - runtime 

Versions of packages aptitude recommends:
ii aptitude-doc-en [apti 0.4.11.11-1~lenny1 English manual for aptitude, a ter ii libparse-debianchange 1.1.1-2 parse Debian changelogs and output 

Versions of packages aptitude suggests:
ii debtags 1.7.8.1 Enables support for package tags ii tasksel 2.78 Tool for selecting tasks for insta 

-- no debconf information

CU Sascha

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