Your message dated Thu, 02 Oct 2025 03:04:44 +0000
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and subject line Bug#1116965: fixed in dlocate 1.18
has caused the Debian Bug report #1116965,
regarding dlocate relies on /var/lib/dpkg/available, unavailable on trixie and
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Source: dlocate
Version: 1.17
Severity: grave
X-Debbugs-Cc: [email protected]
Hi,
on a fresh trixie install, /etc/cron.daily/dlocate will fail every day with
following email:
/etc/cron.daily/dlocate:
grep-available: /var/lib/dpkg/available: No such file or directory
The call chain is:
/etc/cron.daily/dlocate -> /usr/sbin/update-dlocatedb ->
/usr/share/dlocate/update-dpkg-list
This file doesn't seem to be created on trixie systems, and on my upgraded
systems /var/lib/dpkg/available seems to be at least 5 years old. It seems to
have been created in the past with `dpkg --update-avail`, dlocate should ensure
this is being called and the file is current before depending on the existence
of the file.
I've set the severity to grave, since AFAICS this will cause dlocate to either
not work or work with several years old stale data.
Greets,
Lee
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 13.1
APT prefers stable-updates
APT policy: (990, 'stable-updates'), (990, 'stable-security'), (990,
'proposed-updates'), (990, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 6.12.43+deb13-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Kernel taint flags: TAINT_OOT_MODULE, TAINT_UNSIGNED_MODULE
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled
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--- Begin Message ---
Source: dlocate
Source-Version: 1.18
Done: Guillem Jover <[email protected]>
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
dlocate, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.
A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.
Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to [email protected],
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.
Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Guillem Jover <[email protected]> (supplier of updated dlocate package)
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Date: Thu, 02 Oct 2025 04:44:06 +0200
Source: dlocate
Architecture: source
Version: 1.18
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Dpkg Developers <[email protected]>
Changed-By: Guillem Jover <[email protected]>
Closes: 1116965
Changes:
dlocate (1.18) unstable; urgency=medium
.
* Remove deprecated dpkg-hold, dpkg-unhold, dpkg-purge, dpkg-remove commands.
* Switch from grep-available to «dpkg --print-avail». Closes: #1116965
* Packaging:
- Remove «Rules-Requires-Root: no», which is the current default.
- Remove «Priority: optional», which is the current default.
- Swap Vcs-Browser and Vcs-Git URLs.
- Use balanced quotes in postinst error message.
- Bump Standards-Version to 4.7.2 (no changes needed).
- Remove no longer needed remove-on-upgrade entry from conffiles.
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