Re: Misplaced packages?
On Tue, Aug 31, 2021 at 11:49 PM Gunnar Hjalmarsson wrote: > > On 2021-08-27 16:19, Robert Spanjaard wrote: > > Greetings Ubuntu Developers! > > > > I was just browsing some sections in Synaptic, looking for lightweight > > webbrowsers and image gallery creation. During my browse I found some > > strange package placements: > > > > w3m, a text based webbrowser, is placed in the section Word Processing > > bluefish, a text editor, is placed in World Wide Web (multiverse) > > florence, a virtual keyboard for X, is placed in World Wide Web > > (multiverse) > > > > All on Ubuntu 20.04(.3). > > Weird. I installed w3m (on 21.04) to take a look. > > $ cat /var/lib/dpkg/status | grep 'Package: w3m' -A 3 > Package: w3m > Status: install ok installed > Priority: optional > Section: web > $ apt-cache show w3m | grep Section > Section: text > > It looks some kind of 'disagreement' between dpkg and apt while Synaptic > is an interface to browse apt info. Maybe because it had changed in the past? One can understand why one could mark it "text" in the first place as it is a text based browser not realizing that text is "for text processors". But in 0.5.2-3 it had the change of "Set Section to web." That version is old (pre-precise), so it has been that way (web) for quite some time. Therefore when you check the sources "web" is what you get just as with the /var/lib/dpkg/status check mentioned above. $ apt source w3m $ grep Section w3m-0.5.3/debian/control Section: web Also it is Section web on lauchpad for example at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/w3m/0.5.3-37 But OTOH the cache data is on "text" - and that is what apt/synaptic will use: $ apt-cache show w3m | grep Section Section: text It seems some data holds to the old "text" entry ever since. Overview: web: /var/lib/dpkg/status, launchpad, source text: apt-cache, synaptic Is there a step needed/missed to make the apt/repository data refresh the section? > -- > Gunnar Hjalmarsson > https://launchpad.net/~gunnarhj > > -- > Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list > Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss -- Christian Ehrhardt Staff Engineer, Ubuntu Server Canonical Ltd -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
Re: Misplaced packages?
On Wed, 1 Sept 2021 at 03:19, Gunnar Hjalmarsson wrote: > On 2021-08-27 16:19, Robert Spanjaard wrote: > > Greetings Ubuntu Developers! > > > > I was just browsing some sections in Synaptic, looking for lightweight > > webbrowsers and image gallery creation. During my browse I found some > > strange package placements: > > > > w3m, a text based webbrowser, is placed in the section Word Processing > > bluefish, a text editor, is placed in World Wide Web (multiverse) > > florence, a virtual keyboard for X, is placed in World Wide Web > > (multiverse) > > > > All on Ubuntu 20.04(.3). > > Weird. I installed w3m (on 21.04) to take a look. > > $ cat /var/lib/dpkg/status | grep 'Package: w3m' -A 3 > Package: w3m > Status: install ok installed > Priority: optional > Section: web > $ apt-cache show w3m | grep Section > Section: text > > It looks some kind of 'disagreement' between dpkg and apt while Synaptic > is an interface to browse apt info. > > -- > Gunnar Hjalmarsson > https://launchpad.net/~gunnarhj > > -- > Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list > Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss > -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
Re: Misplaced packages?
On 2021-08-27 16:19, Robert Spanjaard wrote: Greetings Ubuntu Developers! I was just browsing some sections in Synaptic, looking for lightweight webbrowsers and image gallery creation. During my browse I found some strange package placements: w3m, a text based webbrowser, is placed in the section Word Processing bluefish, a text editor, is placed in World Wide Web (multiverse) florence, a virtual keyboard for X, is placed in World Wide Web (multiverse) All on Ubuntu 20.04(.3). Weird. I installed w3m (on 21.04) to take a look. $ cat /var/lib/dpkg/status | grep 'Package: w3m' -A 3 Package: w3m Status: install ok installed Priority: optional Section: web $ apt-cache show w3m | grep Section Section: text It looks some kind of 'disagreement' between dpkg and apt while Synaptic is an interface to browse apt info. -- Gunnar Hjalmarsson https://launchpad.net/~gunnarhj -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
