Re: missing package long descriptions

2014-01-26 Thread Zenaan Harkness
TADA! Repeatability: On 1/26/14, Zenaan Harkness z...@freedbms.net wrote: On 1/26/14, Brian a...@cityscape.co.uk wrote: On Sun 26 Jan 2014 at 04:52:10 +1100, Zenaan Harkness wrote: I'm currently home and running on local repo. With deb ftp://ftp.iinet.net.au/debian/debian sid main

Re: missing package long descriptions

2014-01-26 Thread Chris Bannister
CC'ing de...@lists.debian.org On Sun, Jan 26, 2014 at 08:39:42PM +1100, Zenaan Harkness wrote: Now, when I change the sources.list to point to local file:/// sources, commenting out the iiNet sources, and _not_ doing an apt-get update, then package long descriptions disappear! Even though

Re: missing package long descriptions

2014-01-26 Thread Brian
On Sun 26 Jan 2014 at 20:39:42 +1100, Zenaan Harkness wrote: OK, /var/lib/apt/lists/ currently contains the Translation-en files for _both_ my Internet/iiNet sources entry, _and_ my local file:/// repo entry. Now, when I change the sources.list to point to local file:/// sources,

Re: missing package long descriptions

2014-01-26 Thread Zenaan Harkness
On 1/27/14, Brian a...@cityscape.co.uk wrote: On Sun 26 Jan 2014 at 20:39:42 +1100, Zenaan Harkness wrote: OK, /var/lib/apt/lists/ currently contains the Translation-en files for _both_ my Internet/iiNet sources entry, _and_ my local file:/// repo entry. Now, when I change the sources.list

Re: missing package long descriptions

2014-01-26 Thread Brian
On Mon 27 Jan 2014 at 09:52:03 +1100, Zenaan Harkness wrote: On 1/27/14, Brian a...@cityscape.co.uk wrote: And if you comment out file:/// sources and uncomment the iiNet sources? No updating, of course. Package descriptions show again; similarly if I have both sources uncommented.

Re: missing package long descriptions

2014-01-26 Thread Zenaan Harkness
On 1/27/14, Brian a...@cityscape.co.uk wrote: On Mon 27 Jan 2014 at 09:52:03 +1100, Zenaan Harkness wrote: On 1/27/14, Brian a...@cityscape.co.uk wrote: And if you comment out file:/// sources and uncomment the iiNet sources? No updating, of course. Package descriptions show again;

missing package long descriptions

2014-01-25 Thread Zenaan Harkness
Here's my (sid, not wheezy :) sources.list only line: deb ftp://ftp.iinet.net.au/debian/debian sid main contrib non-free This is temporary, normally I run off a usb which houses my local repo, so that line normally looks like a deb file:///... type line. Having made this change, I no longer have

Re: missing package long descriptions

2014-01-25 Thread Brian
On Sat 25 Jan 2014 at 23:32:19 +1100, Zenaan Harkness wrote: Any pointers appreciated, The output you got would be obtained if the Translation-en file for main in /var/lib/apt/lists/ was missing. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe.

Re: missing package long descriptions

2014-01-25 Thread Zenaan Harkness
On 1/26/14, Brian a...@cityscape.co.uk wrote: On Sat 25 Jan 2014 at 23:32:19 +1100, Zenaan Harkness wrote: Any pointers appreciated, The output you got would be obtained if the Translation-en file for main in /var/lib/apt/lists/ was missing. When I change to Internet-based sources.list

Re: missing package long descriptions

2014-01-25 Thread Brian
On Sun 26 Jan 2014 at 03:03:05 +1100, Zenaan Harkness wrote: Why would the Translation-en file disappear when I use the Internet-based sources.list entry? What is the output of 'ls -l /var/lib/apt/lists/'? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of

Re: missing package long descriptions

2014-01-25 Thread Zenaan Harkness
On 1/26/14, Brian a...@cityscape.co.uk wrote: On Sun 26 Jan 2014 at 03:03:05 +1100, Zenaan Harkness wrote: Why would the Translation-en file disappear when I use the Internet-based sources.list entry? What is the output of 'ls -l /var/lib/apt/lists/'? $ ls -l /var/lib/apt/lists/ total 55204

Re: missing package long descriptions

2014-01-25 Thread Brian
On Sun 26 Jan 2014 at 04:52:10 +1100, Zenaan Harkness wrote: I'm currently home and running on local repo. With deb ftp://ftp.iinet.net.au/debian/debian sid main contrib non-free as the only line in sources.list do you have

Re: missing package long descriptions

2014-01-25 Thread Zenaan Harkness
On 1/26/14, Brian a...@cityscape.co.uk wrote: On Sun 26 Jan 2014 at 04:52:10 +1100, Zenaan Harkness wrote: I'm currently home and running on local repo. With deb ftp://ftp.iinet.net.au/debian/debian sid main contrib non-free as the only line in sources.list do you have