** Changed in: software-center (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Confirmed
** Changed in: software-center (Ubuntu)
Importance: Medium => Low
** Summary changed:
- previous short description is displayed
+ previous short description is displayed when installing certain deb files
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/955138
Title:
previous short description is displayed when installing certain deb
files
Status in “software-center” package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Bug description:
A .deb installer contains a description field. By convention the
first line of this multiline field is a short description, the other
lines are a more lengthy description. (pasted documentation of
description field below)
When opening a .deb file with Ubuntu's software center the lengthy
description is properly displayed.
The short description however, is taken from a previous installation of the
same package.
Indeed
- If no previous installation exists, no short description is shown.
- After installing, the short description becomes visible.
I tested on Ubuntu 11.10 and 10.10.
I assume the syntax of the control file of the .deb package is correct
since it is properly displayed after installation.
About the description field, from the Ubuntu man pages:
http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/hardy/man5/deb-control.5.html
Description: <short description>
<long description>
The format for the package description is a short brief summary
on the first line (after the "Description" field). The following
lines should be used as a longer, more detailed description.
Each line of the long description must be preceded by a space,
and blank lines in the long description must contain a single
’.’ following the preceding space.
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