[Bug 85574] Re: equivs can't create a meta-package without a user-provided changelog (bad error message, solution provided)
** Changed in: equivs (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided = Low Status: New = Confirmed -- equivs can't create a meta-package without a user-provided changelog (bad error message, solution provided) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/85574 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 85574] Re: equivs can't create a meta-package without a user-provided changelog (bad error message, solution provided)
** Changed in: equivs (Debian) Status: Unknown = Unconfirmed -- equivs can't create a meta-package without a user-provided changelog (bad error message, solution provided) https://launchpad.net/bugs/85574 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 85574] Re: equivs can't create a meta-package without a user-provided changelog (bad error message, solution provided)
** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #251673 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=251673 ** Also affects: equivs (Debian) via http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=251673 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- equivs can't create a meta-package without a user-provided changelog (bad error message, solution provided) https://launchpad.net/bugs/85574 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 85574] Re: equivs can't create a meta-package without a user-provided changelog (bad error message, solution provided)
** Summary changed: - equivs can't create a meta-package without a user-provided changelog (solution provided) + equivs can't create a meta-package without a user-provided changelog (bad error message, solution provided) -- equivs can't create a meta-package without a user-provided changelog (bad error message, solution provided) https://launchpad.net/bugs/85574 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 85574] Re: equivs can't create a meta-package without a user-provided changelog
After installing the created package, I do realise that this was a stupid thing to do (tm), as dpkg replaced the real package with this metapackage. But well... you live and learn. ;-) The bug with equivs still stands, regardless. -- equivs can't create a meta-package without a user-provided changelog https://launchpad.net/bugs/85574 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 85574] Re: equivs can't create a meta-package without a user-provided changelog
(For the curious, see bug 72806 for why I tried this in the first place.) -- equivs can't create a meta-package without a user-provided changelog https://launchpad.net/bugs/85574 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 85574] Re: equivs can't create a meta-package without a user-provided changelog
To rule out the disturbing effect of the circular dependency above, I reproduced the bug also by running 'equivs-build foo' with the following control file, by the name 'foo': Package: foo Version: 1.2 Maintainer: kko Depends: dpkg Architecture: all Description: foo bar baz -- equivs can't create a meta-package without a user-provided changelog https://launchpad.net/bugs/85574 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 85574] Re: equivs can't create a meta-package without a user-provided changelog (solution provided)
** Summary changed: - equivs can't create a meta-package without a user-provided changelog + equivs can't create a meta-package without a user-provided changelog (solution provided) -- equivs can't create a meta-package without a user-provided changelog (solution provided) https://launchpad.net/bugs/85574 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 85574] Re: equivs can't create a meta-package without a user-provided changelog (solution provided)
It turns out that equivs-build actually needs the maintainer field (if present) to be of the form Maintainer: foo [EMAIL PROTECTED], so that it contains both a name and an e-mail address. The error message it gives (shown above) isn't really helpful. So, running 'equivs-build foo' with both the below control files (by the name 'foo') works. control file 1: Package: foo Version: 1.2 Maintainer: foo [EMAIL PROTECTED] Depends: dpkg Architecture: all Description: foo bar baz control file 2: Package: foo Version: 1.2 Depends: dpkg Architecture: all Description: foo bar baz -- equivs can't create a meta-package without a user-provided changelog (solution provided) https://launchpad.net/bugs/85574 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 85574] Re: equivs can't create a meta-package without a user-provided changelog (solution provided)
There is a three years old debian bug report about this issue: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=251673 . (I have previously been able to add remote bug watches, but Launchpad interface seems to have been changed so that I can't find this possibility anymore.) -- equivs can't create a meta-package without a user-provided changelog (solution provided) https://launchpad.net/bugs/85574 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
