Bug#666262: checkinstall: Empty fields choke apt*

2012-03-30 Thread Andreas Noteng
On 30. mars 2012 07:18, spikethehobbitmage.excite wrote: checkinstall generates debian/control files with empty fields. dpkg accepts these packages OK, but apt and friends choke on them. This means that although these packages can be installed manually, they cannot be added to a repository.

Bug#666262: checkinstall: Empty fields choke apt*

2012-03-29 Thread spikethehobbitmage.excite
Package: checkinstall Version: 1.6.2-2 Severity: normal Tags: patch checkinstall generates debian/control files with empty fields. dpkg accepts these packages OK, but apt and friends choke on them. This means that although these packages can be installed manually, they cannot be added to a