Public bug reported: A .deb installer contains a description field. By convention the first line of this multiline field is a short description, the other lines are a more lengthy description. (pasted documentation of description field below)
When opening a .deb file with Ubuntu's software center the lengthy description is properly displayed. The short description however, is taken from a previous installation of the same package. Indeed - If no previous installation exists, no short description is shown. - After installing, the short description becomes visible. I tested on Ubuntu 11.10 and 10.10. I assume the syntax of the control file of the .deb package is correct since it is properly displayed after installation. About the description field, from the Ubuntu man pages: http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/hardy/man5/deb-control.5.html Description: <short description> <long description> The format for the package description is a short brief summary on the first line (after the "Description" field). The following lines should be used as a longer, more detailed description. Each line of the long description must be preceded by a space, and blank lines in the long description must contain a single ’.’ following the preceding space. ** Affects: software-center (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/955138 Title: previous short description is displayed To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-center/+bug/955138/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
