Package: dpkg Version: 1.10.28 Severity: normal
i do not know whether the following is a bug in dpkg. however, the identical string appears in google searches suggesting that it at least potentially originates from dpkg source code. please feel free to reassign. i am upgrading from sarge to etch using aptitude. perhaps aptitude calls dpkg or something that dpkg calls. the output is huge, so i will only output the relevant part, which i think is probably sufficient to make the point: ====== Reading package fields... Done Reading package status... Done version a has bad syntax: version string has embedded spaces Retrieving bug reports... Done ====== my humble suggestion is that whatever package generates this error should say what version string caused the error. if it is a version string from a package, please have it print the package name. the user might like to know that in order to judge how important the error is and what to do about it. thanks. -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.16myver Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) Versions of packages dpkg depends on: ii dselect 1.10.28 a user tool to manage Debian packa ii libc6 2.3.6-7 GNU C Library: Shared libraries dpkg recommends no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
