Package: apt-listchanges Version: 2.85.12 Severity: serious apt-listchanges now needs a dependency on dpkg-dev. If you don't have dpkg-dev installed, when apt-listchanges attempts to execute dpkg-architecture it results in this traceback and error:
Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/apt-listchanges", line 250, in <module> main() File "/usr/bin/apt-listchanges", line 148, in main (news, changelog, binnmu) = pkg.extract_changes(config.which, fromversion, config.reverse) File "/usr/share/apt-listchanges/DebianFiles.py", line 143, in extract_changes arch = subprocess.check_output(['dpkg-architecture', '-qDEB_HOST_ARCH']).rstrip() File "/usr/lib/python2.7/subprocess.py", line 566, in check_output process = Popen(stdout=PIPE, *popenargs, **kwargs) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/subprocess.py", line 709, in __init__ errread, errwrite) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/subprocess.py", line 1326, in _execute_child raise child_exception OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory Installing dpkg-dev solves the problem. So does downgrading to 2.85.11. -- System Information: Debian Release: jessie/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Foreign Architectures: i386 Kernel: Linux 3.11-2-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_CA.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_CA.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages apt-listchanges depends on: ii apt 0.9.14.2 ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.52 ii debianutils 4.4 ii python 2.7.5-5 ii python-apt 0.9.1 ii python-support 1.0.15 ii ucf 3.0027+nmu1 apt-listchanges recommends no packages. Versions of packages apt-listchanges suggests: ii chromium [www-browser] 31.0.1650.57-1 ii epiphany-browser [www-browser] 3.8.2-4 ii exim4-daemon-light [mail-transport-agent] 4.82-3 ii gnome-terminal [x-terminal-emulator] 3.10.1-1 ii iceweasel [www-browser] 24.1.0esr-1 ii konqueror [www-browser] 4:4.11.3-1 ii konsole [x-terminal-emulator] 4:4.11.3-1 ii links2 [www-browser] 2.8-1 ii lxterminal [x-terminal-emulator] 0.1.11-4 ii lynx-cur [www-browser] 2.8.8dev.16-1 ii python-glade2 2.24.0-3+b1 ii python-gtk2 2.24.0-3+b1 ii rxvt-unicode [x-terminal-emulator] 9.18-3 ii w3m [www-browser] 0.5.3-12 ii xterm [x-terminal-emulator] 298-1 -- debconf information: apt-listchanges/email-address: root apt-listchanges/save-seen: true apt-listchanges/confirm: false apt-listchanges/which: news apt-listchanges/frontend: pager -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org