Bug#502860: reportbug: Gets wrong maintainer for no longer installed packages
retitle 502860 use python-apt instead of dpkg for pkgs info thanks On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 16:52, Raphael Hertzog [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 20 Oct 2008, Sandro Tosi wrote: Hello Ansgar, On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 13:23, Ansgar Burchardt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Reportbug sometimes looks up the wrong maintainer for packages that have been removed from the system. The output from dpkg --print-avail can be wrong if the package is no longer installed. Reportbug should not use this information for these packages. For example on my system I get this: But isn't it a bug in dpkg then? I can feel like --print-avail should print only available package, and nntp was no longer available on your system. I can't think an easy way to fix this if not switching to apt-cache or some other tool. Don't use dpkg --print-avail it reports only outdated information in most cases as the available file is only a left-over from dselect and as such it's almost guaranteed to not be up-to-date. There's a warning in the man page in the git repository documenting this limitation already. Use apt-cache is my suggestion. Thanks Raphael for highlight this to me; maybe the best solution is to replace all the code that exec dpkg + parse output to python-apt (even if this interface really needs a better documentation than now) Cheers, Sandro -- Sandro Tosi (aka morph, Morpheus, matrixhasu) My website: http://matrixhasu.altervista.org/ Me at Debian: http://wiki.debian.org/SandroTosi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#502860: reportbug: Gets wrong maintainer for no longer installed packages
Package: reportbug Version: 3.45 Severity: minor Hi, Reportbug sometimes looks up the wrong maintainer for packages that have been removed from the system. The output from dpkg --print-avail can be wrong if the package is no longer installed. Reportbug should not use this information for these packages. For example on my system I get this: % dpkg --print-avail nntp Package: nntp Priority: extra Section: news Installed-Size: 244 Maintainer: Hamish Moffatt [EMAIL PROTECTED] Architecture: i386 Version: 1.5.12.1-8 Depends: libc6 (= 2.1), cnews Conflicts: inn Filename: dists/potato/main/binary-i386/news/nntp_1.5.12.1-8.deb Size: 69226 MD5sum: a8c09d9a778c50ebd9cdbf8b6f741c23 Description: A NNTP server for use with C News. Note that the output still refers to potato, and the maintainer information is wrong since 2003. Regards, Ansgar -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (900, 'testing'), (600, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-1-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core) Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages reportbug depends on: ii apt 0.7.14+b1 Advanced front-end for dpkg ii python2.5.2-2An interactive high-level object-o ii python-central0.6.8 register and build utility for Pyt reportbug recommends no packages. Versions of packages reportbug suggests: ii debconf-utils 1.5.22 debconf utilities pn debsums none (no description available) pn dlocate none (no description available) ii file 4.26-1 Determines file type using magic ii gnupg 1.4.9-3GNU privacy guard - a free PGP rep ii postfix [mail-transport-agent 2.5.5-1.1 High-performance mail transport ag pn python-urwid none (no description available) -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#502860: reportbug: Gets wrong maintainer for no longer installed packages
Hello Ansgar, On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 13:23, Ansgar Burchardt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Reportbug sometimes looks up the wrong maintainer for packages that have been removed from the system. The output from dpkg --print-avail can be wrong if the package is no longer installed. Reportbug should not use this information for these packages. For example on my system I get this: But isn't it a bug in dpkg then? I can feel like --print-avail should print only available package, and nntp was no longer available on your system. I can't think an easy way to fix this if not switching to apt-cache or some other tool. I'm open to suggestions, in particular from dpkg guys. Cheers, Sandro -- Sandro Tosi (aka morph, Morpheus, matrixhasu) My website: http://matrixhasu.altervista.org/ Me at Debian: http://wiki.debian.org/SandroTosi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#502860: reportbug: Gets wrong maintainer for no longer installed packages
On Mon, 20 Oct 2008, Sandro Tosi wrote: Hello Ansgar, On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 13:23, Ansgar Burchardt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Reportbug sometimes looks up the wrong maintainer for packages that have been removed from the system. The output from dpkg --print-avail can be wrong if the package is no longer installed. Reportbug should not use this information for these packages. For example on my system I get this: But isn't it a bug in dpkg then? I can feel like --print-avail should print only available package, and nntp was no longer available on your system. I can't think an easy way to fix this if not switching to apt-cache or some other tool. Don't use dpkg --print-avail it reports only outdated information in most cases as the available file is only a left-over from dselect and as such it's almost guaranteed to not be up-to-date. There's a warning in the man page in the git repository documenting this limitation already. Use apt-cache is my suggestion. Cheers, -- Raphaël Hertzog Le best-seller français mis à jour pour Debian Etch : http://www.ouaza.com/livre/admin-debian/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
