Package: dpkg-dev
Version: 1.14.8
Severity: serious
dpkg-gencontrol -plibaa-bin -ldebian/changelog -isp
-Tdebian/libaa-bin.substvars -Pdebian/libaa-bin
dpkg-gencontrol: warning: unknown substitution variable ${shlibs:Depends}
dpkg-gencontrol: warning: unknown substitution variable ${misc:Depends}
dpkg-gencontrol: error: error occurred while parsing
The control file in question has:
Package: libaa-bin
Architecture: any
Section: text
Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}
But even simpler things also fail, it chokes on this too:
Depends: ${foo}
And even on this:
Depends:
I'm calling this serious, because there actually are a fair number of
packages with legitimately empty dependencies. Several of them are
udebs, but the "mr" package is a good example of a regular deb with
legitimately empty depends (all it needs is perl-base to run, which is
essential..)
-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.22-3-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages dpkg-dev depends on:
ii binutils 2.18.1~cvs20071027-1 The GNU assembler, linker and bina
ii cpio 2.9-6 GNU cpio -- a program to manage ar
ii dpkg 1.14.8 package maintenance system for Deb
ii make 3.81-3 The GNU version of the "make" util
ii patch 2.5.9-4 Apply a diff file to an original
ii perl [perl5] 5.8.8-12 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction
ii perl-modules 5.8.8-12 Core Perl modules
Versions of packages dpkg-dev recommends:
ii bzip2 1.0.3-7 high-quality block-sorting file co
ii gcc [c-compiler] 4:4.2.1-6 The GNU C compiler
ii gcc-2.95 [c-compiler] 1:2.95.4-27 The GNU C compiler
ii gcc-3.3 [c-compiler] 1:3.3.6-15 The GNU C compiler
ii gcc-3.4 [c-compiler] 3.4.6-6 The GNU C compiler
ii gcc-4.1 [c-compiler] 4.1.2-17 The GNU C compiler
ii gcc-4.2 [c-compiler] 4.2.2-3 The GNU C compiler
-- no debconf information
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