Suggested improvements for handling Architecture independent packages

2008-03-13 Thread Julian Andres Klode
to Architecture: all. This would be the easiest way. Regards, Julian [1] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=436733 [2] http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/02/msg00045.html [3] http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/02/msg00355.html -- Julian Andres Klode, Fellow of the Free

Re: [buildd-tools-devel] Bug#542843: Does not include orig.tar.gz tarball in changes file.

2010-02-02 Thread Julian Andres Klode
reassign 542843 dpkg-dev thanks Am Dienstag, den 02.02.2010, 17:38 +0100 schrieb Philipp Kern: On Tue, Feb 02, 2010 at 05:23:07PM +0100, Julian Andres Klode wrote: On Sun, Sep 13, 2009 at 11:05:33AM -0400, Andres Mejia wrote: Just tested 'sbuild -As' and couldn't reproduce the problem

Re: [PATCH dpkg 0/3] supporting seemless package renames (dpkg --configure --ignore-not-installed)

2010-04-09 Thread Julian Andres Klode
they are currently, as APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: is empty [#431737]). -- Julian Andres Klode - Debian Developer, Ubuntu Member See http://wiki.debian.org/JulianAndresKlode and http://jak-linux.org/. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-dpkg-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject

Re: Bug#598922: apt-cache showsrc prints too many spaces

2010-10-03 Thread Julian Andres Klode
multiple whitespace after newline 2. Strip the whitespace in dpkg But as this is not an APT bug, I am reassigning it to dpkg-dev and let them decide what to do next. -- Julian Andres Klode - Debian Developer, Ubuntu Member See http://wiki.debian.org/JulianAndresKlode and http://jak-linux.org

dpkg: debconf for conffiles? (was: Re: Bug#606025: packagekit: Does not support conffile)

2011-06-02 Thread Julian Andres Klode
On Sun, 2010-12-05 at 17:44 +0100, Julian Andres Klode wrote: Package: packagekit Version: 0.6.8-2 Severity: normal In addition to the debconf support, PackageKit must also support conffiles. Dear dpkg maintainers, for PackageKit support we need a way to handle conffiles. PackageKit allows

Re: Multiarch interfaces: print foreign arches, pkgname I/O

2011-12-13 Thread Julian Andres Klode
of a group pkg. So for that to work correctly, APT would need to add some kind of implicit Replaces: pkg:other to the packages. At least IIRC. -- Julian Andres Klode - Debian Developer, Ubuntu Member See http://wiki.debian.org/JulianAndresKlode and http://jak-linux.org

Re: Multiarch interfaces: print foreign arches, pkgname I/O

2011-12-15 Thread Julian Andres Klode
-essential packages. So it's something that should either be not supported at all, or supported fully, I don't think removal and install is an acceptable behaviour. I don't think it was ever specified anywhere, or am I wrong? -- Julian Andres Klode - Debian Developer, Ubuntu Member See http

Bug#436733: dpkg: Improve handling of dependencies on arch: all packages

2007-08-08 Thread Julian Andres Klode
Package: dpkg Version: 1.14.5 Severity: wishlist -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 dpkg should export dependencies like pkg [amd64 i386] to the binary package and ignore dependencies for non-matching architectures at runtime. Also, I propose to add a field Install-to: for arch-indep

Bug#486323: dpkg-dev: Does not handle all comments in quilt series files

2008-06-15 Thread Julian Andres Klode
Package: dpkg-dev Version: 1.14.19 Severity: normal Tags: patch The current version does not handle comments in the series file, if they are at the beginning of the line. I wrote a patch and will send it once I know the bug number. -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers

Bug#486323: [PATCH] scripts/Dpkg/Source/Package/V3/quilt.pm: Handle comments at the beginning of a line in quilt series files. Closes: #486323

2008-06-15 Thread Julian Andres Klode
+43,11 @@ dpkg (1.15.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low [ Updated dpkg translations ] * Portuguese (Miguel Figueiredo). - -- Guillem Jover [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue, 29 Apr 2008 06:01:40 +0300 + [ Julian Andres Klode ] + * scripts/Dpkg/Source/Package/V3/quilt.pm: Handle comments at the beginning

Bug#486323: dpkg-dev: Does not handle all comments in quilt series files

2008-06-15 Thread Julian Andres Klode
Raphael Hertzog wrote: On Sun, 15 Jun 2008, Julian Andres Klode wrote: I wrote a patch and will send it once I know the bug number. Please before starting to write a patch, check if there's no fix in the git tree already... in particular when I pointed out that the upcoming dpkg 1.14.20

Bug#490929: dpkg-dev: If gpg hangs, dpkg-source hangs without explanation

2008-07-15 Thread Julian Andres Klode
Package: dpkg-dev Version: 1.14.20 Severity: normal dpkg-source calls gpg --verify to verify the source package. If there is a lock, gpg displays that it is waiting for the lock. dpkg-source just appears to hang. The same applies for automatic key retrieval. 1) I suggest to use gpgv to verify

Bug#561104: dpkg: Add --readahead-db option to preload the database

2009-12-14 Thread Julian Andres Klode
4.43-14Compression method of 7z format in dpkg recommends no packages. Versions of packages dpkg suggests: ii apt 0.7.24 Advanced front-end for dpkg -- no debconf information -- Julian Andres Klode - Debian Developer, Ubuntu Member See

Bug#593155: Allow dpkg to be run when other process holds the lock

2010-08-15 Thread Julian Andres Klode
0.7.25.3 Advanced front-end for dpkg -- no debconf information -- Julian Andres Klode - Debian Developer, Ubuntu Member See http://wiki.debian.org/JulianAndresKlode and http://jak-linux.org/. pgpX5UIWhMRdU.pgp Description: PGP signature

Bug#627412: dpkg: dpkg --install should not unpack package if dependencies are missing

2011-05-20 Thread Julian Andres Klode
compression utilities ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3.4.dfsg-3 compression library - runtime dpkg recommends no packages. Versions of packages dpkg suggests: ii apt 0.8.14.1 Advanced front-end for dpkg -- no debconf information -- Julian Andres Klode - Debian

Bug#641309: dpkg-architecture: strxfrm() gets absurd (on C.UTF-8)

2011-09-12 Thread Julian Andres Klode
pn gpgv 1.4.11-3 pn libalgorithm-merge-perl none Versions of packages dpkg-dev suggests: ii debian-keyring 2011.08.07 -- no debconf information -- Julian Andres Klode - Debian Developer, Ubuntu Member See http://wiki.debian.org/JulianAndresKlode and http://jak

Bug#641309: dpkg-architecture: strxfrm() gets absurd (on C.UTF-8)

2011-09-12 Thread Julian Andres Klode
reassign 641309 perl-base 5.12.4-4 thanks On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 04:47:48PM +0200, Julian Andres Klode wrote: Package: dpkg-dev Version: 1.16.0.3 Severity: normal File: /usr/bin/dpkg-architecture When running in the C.UTF-8 locale, strxfrm() apparently gets absurd. $ LC_ALL=C.UTF-8

Bug#731710: update-alternatives: Segmentation fault

2013-12-08 Thread Julian Andres Klode
1:1.2.8.dfsg-1 dpkg recommends no packages. Versions of packages dpkg suggests: ii apt 0.9.14 -- no debconf information -- Julian Andres Klode - Debian Developer, Ubuntu Member See http://wiki.debian.org/JulianAndresKlode and http://jak-linux.org/. Please do not top-post if possible

Bug#731710: update-alternatives: Segmentation fault

2013-12-09 Thread Julian Andres Klode
On Mon, Dec 09, 2013 at 12:24:52AM +0100, Guillem Jover wrote: Control: tags -1 unreproducible moreinfo Hi! On Sun, 2013-12-08 at 22:25:35 +0100, Guillem Jover wrote: On Sun, 2013-12-08 at 21:39:01 +0100, Julian Andres Klode wrote: update-alternative crashes when creating

Bug#731710: update-alternatives: Segmentation fault

2013-12-09 Thread Julian Andres Klode
On Mon, Dec 09, 2013 at 05:08:47PM +0100, Guillem Jover wrote: On Mon, 2013-12-09 at 16:29:44 +0100, Julian Andres Klode wrote: The command failing is: update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/gnome-www-browser gnome-www-browser /usr/bin/epiphany-browser 85 --slave /usr/share/man/man1

Bug#765952: apt, dpkg: cycle during trigger processing

2014-10-19 Thread Julian Andres Klode
suggests: pn apt-doc none ii aptitude0.6.11-1 ii dpkg-dev1.17.18 ii python-apt 0.9.3.10 -- no debconf information -- Julian Andres Klode - Debian Developer, Ubuntu Member See http://wiki.debian.org/JulianAndresKlode and http://jak-linux.org/. Be friendly, do not top-post, and follow

[RFC/dpkg PATCH] Introducing an relaxed-Essential-like "Important" field

2016-03-05 Thread Julian Andres Klode
/jak | jak-linux.org - free software dev When replying, only quote what is necessary, and write each reply directly below the part(s) it pertains to (`inline'). Thank you. >From 141931815cdf663aab5ecccf6b4fdd517f99cbd4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Julian Andres Klode <j...@debian.org> Date: Su

Bug#830267: dpkg: Segmentation fault when purging package in APT test case

2016-07-07 Thread Julian Andres Klode
Package: dpkg Version: 1.18.9 Severity: serious dpkg fails to purge a package in our test suite, crashing with a segmentation fault. You can reproduce it by building apt and running test/integration/test-bug-712116-dpkg-pre-install-pkgs-hook-multiarch - I have also included the backtrace here.

[RFC/PATCH] dpkg frontend locking

2017-01-29 Thread Julian Andres Klode
Hi everyone, I talked with guillem about this idea on IRC, but I decided to write this down in an email for further discussion. Currently, APT and other dpkg frontends have to acquire the dpkg database lock at the start of their process and then have to release the dlock before invoking dpkg and

Re: Bug#748936: apt doesnt understand architecture wildcards

2017-01-08 Thread Julian Andres Klode
On Sun, Jan 08, 2017 at 01:33:08AM +, James Clarke wrote: > On Mon, Feb 01, 2016 at 12:05:18AM +0100, David Kalnischkies wrote: > > On Wed, Jan 20, 2016 at 01:39:45PM +, Colin Watson wrote: > > > On Wed, Jan 20, 2016 at 12:31:52PM +0100, Balint Reczey wrote: > > > > On 06/04/2014 03:41 AM,

Re: A radically different proposal for differential updates

2017-08-15 Thread Julian Andres Klode
On Tue, Aug 15, 2017 at 09:26:24AM +0200, Christian Seiler wrote: > Hi there, > > I've come to believe that binary diff packages are not the best way of > solving this issue. Intead I'd like to propse a radically different > solution to this issue. > > The gist of it: instead of adding a format

Evaluation (Re: Proposal: A new approach to differential debs)

2017-08-15 Thread Julian Andres Klode
On Sat, Aug 12, 2017 at 02:16:21PM -0400, Julian Andres Klode wrote: > Hi everyone, > > (I CCed -devel and deity, but we probably should just discuss > that on -dpkg) > > while breakfast here at DebConf, the topic of delta upgrades > came up. I think delta debs are genera

Re: Proposal: A new approach to differential debs

2017-08-15 Thread Julian Andres Klode
On Sun, Aug 13, 2017 at 12:38:56PM +0300, Adrian Bunk wrote: > On Sat, Aug 12, 2017 at 02:16:21PM -0400, Julian Andres Klode wrote: > >... > > I think delta debs are generally a thing we should aim to have, > >... > > It sounds like something that would have been a

Re: Proposal: A new approach to differential debs

2017-08-15 Thread Julian Andres Klode
On Sun, Aug 13, 2017 at 10:53:16AM -0400, Peter Silva wrote: > You are assuming the savings are substantial. That's not clear. When > files are compressed, if you then start doing binary diffs, well it > isn't clear that they will consistently be much smaller than plain new > files. it also

Re: Evaluation (Re: Proposal: A new approach to differential debs)

2017-08-16 Thread Julian Andres Klode
On Wed, Aug 16, 2017 at 12:21:09AM +0200, Julian Andres Klode wrote: > firefox (size & performance): > > -rw-r--r-- 1 jak jak 2.3M Aug 15 20:59 firefox_55.0-1_55.0-2_amd64.debdelta > -rw-r--r-- 1 jak jak 2.4M Aug 15 22:13 firefox_55.0-1_55.0-2_amd64.pdeb > -rw-r--r-- 1 jak

Re: Proposal: A new approach to differential debs

2017-08-13 Thread Julian Andres Klode
On Sun, Aug 13, 2017 at 10:53:16AM -0400, Peter Silva wrote: > You are assuming the savings are substantial. That's not clear. When > files are compressed, if you then start doing binary diffs, well it > isn't clear that they will consistently be much smaller than plain new > files. it also

Proposal: A new approach to differential debs

2017-08-12 Thread Julian Andres Klode
Hi everyone, (I CCed -devel and deity, but we probably should just discuss that on -dpkg) while breakfast here at DebConf, the topic of delta upgrades came up. I think delta debs are generally a thing we should aim to have, but debdelta is not the implementation we want: * It is not integrated

Re: Proposal: A new approach to differential debs

2017-08-13 Thread Julian Andres Klode
On Sun, Aug 13, 2017 at 08:24:27PM -0400, Peter Silva wrote: > o in spite of being the *default*, it isn't that universal, and in > any event, we can just decide to change the default, no? One can say > to people with bandwidth limitations, that their apt settings should > not delete packages

Re: Evaluation (Re: Proposal: A new approach to differential debs)

2017-08-22 Thread Julian Andres Klode
On Tue, Aug 22, 2017 at 10:53:47PM +0200, Sebastian Andrzej Siewior wrote: > On 2017-08-16 00:21:09 [+0200], Julian Andres Klode wrote: > > libreoffice-core (size only): > > > > -rw-r--r-- 1 jak jak 29M Jul 22 20:02 > > libreoffice-core_5.3.5~rc1-3_amd64.deb > &g

Bug#802241: please store the hash of the installed .deb and allow to query it

2017-08-26 Thread Julian Andres Klode
On Sun, Oct 18, 2015 at 06:20:01PM +, Mattia Rizzolo wrote: > Package: dpkg > Version: 1.18.3 > Severity: wishlist > X-Debbugs-CC: reproducible-bui...@lists.alioth.debian.org > > Hi dpkg people, > > in the context of allowing to recreate the same build-environment of a > past build we would

Bug#802241: please store the hash of the installed .deb and allow to query it

2017-08-26 Thread Julian Andres Klode
On Sat, Aug 26, 2017 at 03:16:52PM +0200, Mattia Rizzolo wrote: > On Sat, Aug 26, 2017 at 02:14:16PM +0200, Julian Andres Klode wrote: > > I also want this for delta debs, to identify local rebuilds being > > installed, and prevent delta installation failure in such cases. >

Bug#878110: dpkg-buildpackage: Generate _arch.changes for all-only packages

2017-10-09 Thread Julian Andres Klode
Package: dpkg-dev Version: 1.18.24 Severity: minor File: /usr/bin/dpkg-buildpackage If a package is Architecture: all only (or I guess has some non-all binaries that don't build for the current arch), then building the package produces a _arch.changes, rather than an _all.changes. This is

Re: RFC: Support for zstd in .deb packages?

2018-05-07 Thread Julian Andres Klode
On Tue, May 01, 2018 at 10:36:34AM +0200, Marco d'Itri wrote: > On Apr 27, Julian Andres Klode <j...@debian.org> wrote: > > > Our major use case is cloud initial setup, image building, CI, buildds, all > > of which do not require any syncs, and can safely use eat

Re: RFC: Support for zstd in .deb packages?

2018-04-27 Thread Julian Andres Klode
On Fri, Apr 27, 2018 at 01:45:07PM +0200, Adam Borowski wrote: > (ZSTD) > > On Fri, Apr 27, 2018 at 07:02:12AM +0200, Guillem Jover wrote: > > Recently Julian mentioned it again on IRC, and we each started > > implementing support in dpkg and apt respectively, to allow easier > > evaluation. I

Re: RFC: Support for zstd in .deb packages?

2018-04-27 Thread Julian Andres Klode
On Fri, Apr 27, 2018 at 02:01:44PM +0200, Adam Borowski wrote: > On Fri, Apr 27, 2018 at 01:45:07PM +0200, Adam Borowski wrote: > > Don't. For .debs, that is. > > Scratch that. > > apt Depends: libapt-pkg5.0 Depends: libzstd1 > > While apt is "merely" priority:required rather than fully

Re: Frontend locking in APT clients

2018-06-18 Thread Julian Andres Klode
On Mon, Jun 18, 2018 at 08:19:17PM +0200, Julian Andres Klode wrote: > Hi folks, > > With frontend locking in dpkg git, I think it's time I clear up > some potential confusion as to how this is supposed to work in the > APT world. > > The idea is that the

Frontend locking in APT clients

2018-06-18 Thread Julian Andres Klode
Hi folks, With frontend locking in dpkg git, I think it's time I clear up some potential confusion as to how this is supposed to work in the APT world. The idea is that the current _system->Lock() / apt_pkg.SystemLock / apt_pkg.pkgsystem_lock() will start to manage _both_ lock-frontend and lock,

Re: Bug#887629: libc6: bad upgrade path: libexpat1 unpacked and python3 called before libc6 unpacked

2018-01-18 Thread Julian Andres Klode
On Thu, Jan 18, 2018 at 08:38:02PM +0100, Julian Andres Klode wrote: > On Thu, Jan 18, 2018 at 06:41:52PM +0100, Aurelien Jarno wrote: > > control: reassign -1 apt,dpkg > > control: affects -1 libc6 > > control: affects -1 libexpat1 > > > > On 2018-01

Re: Bug#887629: libc6: bad upgrade path: libexpat1 unpacked and python3 called before libc6 unpacked

2018-01-18 Thread Julian Andres Klode
On Thu, Jan 18, 2018 at 06:41:52PM +0100, Aurelien Jarno wrote: > control: reassign -1 apt,dpkg > control: affects -1 libc6 > control: affects -1 libexpat1 > > On 2018-01-18 15:53, Andreas Beckmann wrote: > > Package: libc6 > > Version: 2.26-2 > > Severity: serious > > User:

Bug#887629: libc6: bad upgrade path: libexpat1 unpacked and python3 called before libc6 unpacked

2018-01-18 Thread Julian Andres Klode
On Thu, Jan 18, 2018 at 06:41:52PM +0100, Aurelien Jarno wrote: > control: reassign -1 apt,dpkg > control: affects -1 libc6 > control: affects -1 libexpat1 > > On 2018-01-18 15:53, Andreas Beckmann wrote: > > Package: libc6 > > Version: 2.26-2 > > Severity: serious > > User:

Bug#887629: libc6: bad upgrade path: libexpat1 unpacked and python3 called before libc6 unpacked

2018-01-18 Thread Julian Andres Klode
On Thu, Jan 18, 2018 at 08:38:02PM +0100, Julian Andres Klode wrote: > On Thu, Jan 18, 2018 at 06:41:52PM +0100, Aurelien Jarno wrote: > > control: reassign -1 apt,dpkg > > control: affects -1 libc6 > > control: affects -1 libexpat1 > > > > On 2018-01

Delta debs repository layout v2

2018-09-24 Thread Julian Andres Klode
This is an advanced proposal for integrating deltas into the archive. It has been designed after some feedback and some more research. Criteria * We don't want to have Deltas indexes like Packages files -> we are unlikely to need most of the deltas -> about same size as Packages file

Re: Bug#919543: apt: when installing with deb file, prerm maintainer script doesn't pass new-package-name before it's replaced due to conflict

2019-01-17 Thread Julian Andres Klode
On Thu, Jan 17, 2019 at 11:03:01AM +0800, Allen wrote: > Package: apt > Version: 1.2.19 > Severity: normal > > Dear Maintainer, > > > I am creating a deb packages which will replace another package. And before > the > old package are removed, I want to check whether the package is remove due

Bug#908747: Default -I and -i option should not exclude .ignore

2018-09-13 Thread Julian Andres Klode
On Thu, Sep 13, 2018 at 12:26:27PM +0100, Ian Jackson wrote: > Package: dpkg-dev > Version: 1.19.0.5 > > When the source provided to dpkg-source contains a .ignore file, > eg a .gitignore, .hgignore, .cvsignore, then that file is part of the > source code as the maintainer works with it. It

Re: RFC: Standardizing source package artifacts build paths

2020-03-09 Thread Julian Andres Klode
On Mon, Mar 09, 2020 at 10:09:46AM +0100, Guillem Jover wrote: > We'd like to standardize on a new set of artifact build pathnames > for our deb toolchain. [...] [...] > The use of a hidden directory is to reduce clutter and stomping over any Love the hidden directory. -- debian developer -

Re: Fwd: Bug#956931: autopkgtest: Build profiles support for autopkgtest

2020-04-17 Thread Julian Andres Klode
On Thu, Apr 16, 2020 at 11:04:02PM +0200, Jiri Palecek wrote: > > > > Forwarded Message > Subject: Bug#956931: autopkgtest: Build profiles support for autopkgtest > Resent-Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2020 20:42:01 + > Resent-From: Jiri Palecek > Resent-To:

Re: dpkg Broken in Debian Buster

2020-05-11 Thread Julian Andres Klode
On Mon, May 11, 2020 at 07:33:00AM +1200, Darren Hale wrote: > Hi Guillem, > > I have been advised that the problem is with the behavior of su > changed when they moved it to a different source package and a fix is > to old behavior is to put ALWAYS_SET_PATH yes in /etc/default/su. > (create the

Optional Build-Depends

2020-07-16 Thread Julian Andres Klode
Hi, we were just talking in #debian-dpkg about optional build-deps. guillem believes that the release team is in the best position to specify if this is reasonable or not, so here we go: We have came up with a syntax, one goal being to break parsers and not silently ignore optional deps:

Re: Optional Build-Depends

2020-07-16 Thread Julian Andres Klode
On Thu, Jul 16, 2020 at 07:27:52PM +0200, Julian Andres Klode wrote: > Not liked proposals: > > Build-Depends-Optional field - it would just be ignored by tools, > silently, and we'd find about it onyl when it is too late. > > Build-Recommends field - same as

Re: Optional Build-Depends

2020-07-16 Thread Julian Andres Klode
On Thu, Jul 16, 2020 at 06:56:56PM +0100, Steve McIntyre wrote: > > On Thu, Jul 16, 2020 at 07:27:52PM +0200, Julian Andres Klode wrote: > > ... > > >Rationales: > > > > > >1. You can start optionally build-depending on stuff available > > only

Re: The primary interface to dpkg

2021-05-17 Thread Julian Andres Klode
On Mon, May 17, 2021 at 10:14:24PM +0200, Fabrice Bauzac-Stehly wrote: > Hello, > > I am puzzled. > > dpkg/man/dpkg.pod: > The primary and more user-friendly > front-end for B is B(8). > > dpkg/README: > The primary interface for the dpkg suite is the ‘dselect’ program; > a

Bug#910377: Inhibit reboot/shutdown if dpkg is running

2021-05-19 Thread Julian Andres Klode
On Wed, May 19, 2021 at 04:03:16PM +0200, Laurent Bigonville wrote: > reopen 910377 > reassign dpkg 1.20.9 > thanks > > On Sat, 31 Aug 2019 00:34:32 +0200 Michael Biebl wrote: > > > On Fri, 5 Oct 2018 21:30:43 +0200 Michael Biebl wrote: > > > Am 05.10.18 um 21:28 schrieb Michael Biebl: > > > >

Re: Bug#910377: Inhibit reboot/shutdown if dpkg is running

2021-05-19 Thread Julian Andres Klode
On Wed, May 19, 2021 at 04:03:16PM +0200, Laurent Bigonville wrote: > reopen 910377 > reassign dpkg 1.20.9 > thanks > > On Sat, 31 Aug 2019 00:34:32 +0200 Michael Biebl wrote: > > > On Fri, 5 Oct 2018 21:30:43 +0200 Michael Biebl wrote: > > > Am 05.10.18 um 21:28 schrieb Michael Biebl: > > > >

dpkg: normalize description fields (Was: Re: Bug#986840: apt-listchanges fails to parse status files with ^M characters; should use apt_pkg.TagFile, not write its own parser)

2021-04-12 Thread Julian Andres Klode
Control: clone -1 -2 Control: reassign -2 dpkg Control: retitle -2 dpkg: normalize description fields On Mon, Apr 12, 2021 at 08:14:07PM +0200, Julian Andres Klode wrote: > Package: apt-listchanges > Version: 3.23 > Severity: normal > X-Debbugs-Cc: j...@debian.org > > As re

Re: Unclear new string

2021-11-23 Thread Julian Andres Klode
Guillem Jover schrieb am Di., 23. Nov. 2021, 22:14: > Hi! > > On Tue, 2021-11-23 at 18:16:30 +0100, Helge Kreutzmann wrote: > > while updating the translation of the man pages, I stumbled over one > > sentence I could not make sense of: > > > > "The file mode check failed (since dpkg 1.21.0).

Bug#910377: System-critical package management

2023-09-18 Thread Julian Andres Klode
On Mon, Sep 18, 2023 at 12:24:20PM +0200, Guillem Jover wrote: > While dpkg on systems using systemd _could_ by default take an > system inhibitor lock, and could provide a good enough reason like say > "Packaging system upgrade" or whatever, my concern has been with the > added dependency chain,

Re: System-critical package management

2023-09-18 Thread Julian Andres Klode
On Mon, Sep 18, 2023 at 12:24:20PM +0200, Guillem Jover wrote: > While dpkg on systems using systemd _could_ by default take an > system inhibitor lock, and could provide a good enough reason like say > "Packaging system upgrade" or whatever, my concern has been with the > added dependency chain,

Re: Bug#1007717: Draft resolution for "Native source package format with non-native version"

2022-06-08 Thread Julian Andres Klode
On Tue, Jun 07, 2022 at 08:19:29PM +0200, Helmut Grohne wrote: > Please keep in mind that this is about trade-offs. It is a question of > how we value "package ownership". If we favour the strong ownership > approach that Debian used for a long time, then yes accommodating the > needs of

Re: Terminology changes for update-alternatives

2023-01-29 Thread Julian Andres Klode
On Sun, Jan 29, 2023 at 06:00:51AM +0100, Guillem Jover wrote: > Hi! > > I'd like to move away from the master/slave terminology used in > update-alternatives for both the external interfaces (CLI options, > output fields) obviously preserving backwards compatibility, docs > and for all the

Install profiles

2023-06-14 Thread Julian Andres Klode
Hi, based on some discussion on IRC I want to propose install profiles. Recommends: foo Suggests: foo The syntax is the same as for build profiles, and it is allowed in Recommends and Suggests fields only (maybe Enhances?). dpkg changes needed: - Introduce /var/lib/dpkg/profiles with one

Re: Install profiles

2023-06-14 Thread Julian Andres Klode
On Wed, Jun 14, 2023 at 06:00:42PM +0200, Julian Andres Klode wrote: > Hi, > > based on some discussion on IRC I want to propose install > profiles. > > Recommends: foo > Suggests: foo > > The syntax is the same as for build profiles, and it is > allowed in Recom

Bug#1040968: dpkg: Less noisy output

2023-07-13 Thread Julian Andres Klode
Package: dpkg Severity: wishlist X-Debbugs-Cc: j...@debian.org Users are complaining loudly that dpkg's output is too noisy, and we should be looking at how we can improve that, currently for each package we print at least 3 lines, and it's very distracting: Preparing to unpack Unpacking Setting

Re: Really enable -fstack-clash-protection on armhf/armel?

2024-01-08 Thread Julian Andres Klode
On Thu, Nov 23, 2023 at 10:45:33AM +0100, Matthias Klose wrote: > Hi, > > it looks like enabling this flag on armel/armhf is a little bit premature. > > Apparently it's not completely supported upstream, and might cause > regressions, according to >

Re: Architecture variants for Debian / Ubuntu

2023-11-29 Thread Julian Andres Klode
On Fri, Nov 03, 2023 at 02:02:37PM +0100, Guillem Jover wrote: > Hi! > > On Thu, 2023-11-02 at 15:27:54 +, Michael Hudson-Doyle wrote: > > On Tue, 31 Oct 2023 at 09:21, Guillem Jover wrote: > > > This can be used among other things to set up foreign chroots, by > > > running the host tools,

Bug#1067155: debian-policy: prerm scripts cannot actually rely on dependencies

2024-03-19 Thread Julian Andres Klode
Package: debian-policy Severity: wishlist X-Debbugs-Cc: de...@lists.debian.org, debian-d...@lists.debian.org APT's installation planner does not consider dependencies of packages being scheduled for removal, so a prerm must fail equally gracefully as a postrm does in absence of its dependencies.

Re: Architecture variants for Debian / Ubuntu

2024-05-03 Thread Julian Andres Klode
On Wed, Sep 06, 2023 at 11:27:02AM +0200, Guillem Jover wrote: > Hi! > > On Fri, 2023-09-01 at 08:43:55 +1200, Michael Hudson-Doyle wrote: > > Recently the topic of exploiting newer instructions without dropping > > support for older machines has come up several times inside Ubuntu > >