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--- Begin Message ---Hello. The following report was reassigned to dialog. Was the old behaviour documented anywhere? Is it really a bug? ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "[UTF-8] Jörg Sommer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Eric Cooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2007 15:47:14 +0200 Subject: Bug#443077: deborphan: orphaner dies when <Help> is chosen reassign 443077 dialog retitle 443077 dialog: Doesn't tell for which item the help request is thanks Hello, Eric Cooper schrieb am Tue 18. Sep, 10:24 (-0400): > Package: deborphan > Version: 1.7.23 > Severity: normal > > If use the <Help> button when a package is highlighted but > none are "checked", orphaner exits its graphical mode, displays > dpkg-query: --status needs at least one package name argument > > Use --help for help about querying packages; > Use --license for copyright license and lack of warranty (GNU GPL). > and exits back to the command line. This is due to a change in dialog in version 20070227: + remove a redundant chunk from checklist.c which reported status a second time if the help-button was pressed but no item-help option was in effect (Andre C Barros). I'm talking with the author to readd this code. The problem is, that this code told us with was the current item under the cursor when the help button was pressed. Without this information we can't call dpkg -s (or now orphaner call it wrong) which leads to the message seen above. Bye, Jörg. That's the code we are talking about: @@ -650,17 +651,6 @@ dlg_add_result(listitems[current].help); } result = DLG_EXIT_ITEM_HELP; - } else { - if (show_status) { - if (separate_output) { - dlg_add_result(listitems[current].name); - dlg_add_result("\n"); - } else { - dlg_add_quoted(listitems[current].name); - } - } else { - dlg_add_result(listitems[current].name); - } } break; } -- Professor: ÿÿGottÿÿ, unverständliches und mythisches Wesen, das sich einmal pro Woche im Kreis der Sterblichen manifestiert um Weisheit auf Folien unter das Volk zu bringen. (Dschungelbuch 11, FSU Jena)
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