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and subject line show description for obsolete packages
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Package: dpkg
Version: 1.4.0.22
dselect is showing for obsolete packages (non-us, some older ones, local
installed) the line "package - no describtion available" and in the info
window, and in the select window the <Description> is empty. But if I press
'i' i get the Package-file Entries, including a Describtion.
If it is intentional that dselct doesnt display Describtion for obsolete
PAckages, it would be better to print something like "Obsolete PAckage,
press 'i' for Describtion"
Greetings
Bernd
-- System Information
Debian Release: 2.0 (frozen)
Kernel Version: Linux lina.inka.de 2.0.33 #9 Thu Dec 18 02:10:45 CET 1997 i386
unknown
Versions of the packages dpkg depends on:
libc6 Version: 2.0.7pre1-4
libstdc++2.8 Version: 2.90.27-0.6
ncurses3.4 Version: 1.9.9g-8
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Hi,
dselect only shows "installed control info" for obsolete packages, and
given that this report has been ignored for 8+ years it is safe to say
that is the intended behaviour.
The suggestion that, "it would be better to print something
like "Obsolete PAckage, press 'i' for Describtion", would require that
dselect be able to distinguish between obsolete and local packages or
indicate both possibilities in the message. Doing the later would be
redundant since dselect already lists such packages under
an "Obsolete/local" heading; the former would require reconciliation
with old lists of Available packages (which dselect would need to keep
around itself) and/or input from the local admins because only they
will know if an installed package which does not appear in the
Available list is actually local... essentially, a lot of work for a
purely cosmetic issue which should be obvious to the local admin.
For those reasons I am closing this report.
- Bruce
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