Package: devscripts Version: 2.10.16 Severity: normal File: /usr/bin/wnpp-alert
The wnpp-alert script continually reports false positives; e.g. orphaned packages that are NOT installed on my system. For example: $wnpp-alert RFA 419334 cdtool -- text-based audio CD player and CD-ROM control commands RFH 354176 cvs -- Concurrent Versions System RFH 448284 dctrl-tools -- Command-line tools to process Debian package information RFA 460036 defoma -- Debian Font Manager -- automatic font configuration framework RFH 282283 dpkg -- dselect: a user tool to manage Debian packages O 465909 f2c -- A FORTRAN 77 to C/C++ translator. O 320075 falconseye -- A port of NetHack using SDL RFA 466245 fontforge -- Font editor for PS, TrueType and OpenType fonts O 353128 ftplib -- Library of callable ftp routines [...] $dpkg --list falconseye ftplib Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Description +++-==========================-==========================-==================================================================== pn falconseye <none> (no description available) un ftplib <none> (no description available) -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (990, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.24-1-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core) Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages devscripts depends on: ii debianutils 2.28.3 Miscellaneous utilities specific t ii dpkg-dev 1.14.16.6 package building tools for Debian ii libc6 2.7-8 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii perl 5.8.8-12 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction ii sed 4.1.5-5 The GNU sed stream editor Versions of packages devscripts recommends: ii fakeroot 1.9.3 Gives a fake root environment -- no debconf information -- To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
