Public bug reported: Hello,
we are using gdebi to install the build dependencies of packages we are building for internal use. Parsing the debian/control file and installing the listed dependencies works fine. However, gdebi also tries to use the control file as a debian archive resulting in an error and non-zero exit status: root@fabian-ubuntu-vm:/home/fabian/UbuntuPackages# LANG=C gdebi foobar/debian/control Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Requires the installation of the following packages: apache2 Install Build-Dependencies for source package 'foobar' that builds Do you want to install the software package? [y/N]:y [Build Dependencies being successfully installed here] dpkg-deb: error: 'foobar/debian/control' is not a debian format archive dpkg: error processing archive foobar/debian/control (--install): subprocess dpkg-deb --control returned error exit status 2 Errors were encountered while processing: foobar/debian/control root@fabian-ubuntu-vm:/home/fabian/UbuntuPackages# echo $? 1 Greetings, Fabian ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: gdebi-core 0.9.5.7ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.8.0-36.36~16.04.1-generic 4.8.11 Uname: Linux 4.8.0-36-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.5 Architecture: amd64 Date: Thu Feb 23 15:08:40 2017 InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-02-23 (0 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20170215.2) PackageArchitecture: all ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm-256color PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=de_DE.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: gdebi UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Affects: gdebi (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug xenial -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to gdebi in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1667311 Title: gdebi also tries to use debian/control file as debian archive Status in gdebi package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Hello, we are using gdebi to install the build dependencies of packages we are building for internal use. Parsing the debian/control file and installing the listed dependencies works fine. However, gdebi also tries to use the control file as a debian archive resulting in an error and non-zero exit status: root@fabian-ubuntu-vm:/home/fabian/UbuntuPackages# LANG=C gdebi foobar/debian/control Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Requires the installation of the following packages: apache2 Install Build-Dependencies for source package 'foobar' that builds Do you want to install the software package? [y/N]:y [Build Dependencies being successfully installed here] dpkg-deb: error: 'foobar/debian/control' is not a debian format archive dpkg: error processing archive foobar/debian/control (--install): subprocess dpkg-deb --control returned error exit status 2 Errors were encountered while processing: foobar/debian/control root@fabian-ubuntu-vm:/home/fabian/UbuntuPackages# echo $? 1 Greetings, Fabian ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: gdebi-core 0.9.5.7ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.8.0-36.36~16.04.1-generic 4.8.11 Uname: Linux 4.8.0-36-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.5 Architecture: amd64 Date: Thu Feb 23 15:08:40 2017 InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-02-23 (0 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20170215.2) PackageArchitecture: all ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm-256color PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=de_DE.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: gdebi UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdebi/+bug/1667311/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp