Actually, the story is not over: it is not definitive to have only one section to workaround this issue. All the packages which are missing from "Packages" have a common point: all of them have at least a different value in one of the fields in their "control" file than their previous release.
For example, one of gns3-gui_1.4.5 dependencies has changed as compared to gns3-gui_1.4.4: gns3-net-converter instead of gns3-converter; here are both control files: Package: gns3-gui Priority: extra Section: net Installed-Size: 23396 Maintainer: Jean-Christophe Manciot <[email protected]> Architecture: amd64 Version: 1.4.4-11 Depends: gns3-converter,python3,python3-setuptools,python3-pyqt5,python3-pyqt5.qtsvg,python3-pyqt5.qtwebkit,python3-libcloud,python3-requests,python3-paramiko,python3-configobj Provides: gns3-gui Description: GNS3 GUI controls the server using a HTTP REST API. Package: gns3-gui Priority: extra Section: net Installed-Size: 23344 Maintainer: Jean-Christophe Manciot <[email protected]> Architecture: amd64 Version: 1.4.5-11 Depends: gns3-net-converter,python3,python3-setuptools,python3-pyqt5,python3-pyqt5.qtsvg,python3-pyqt5.qtwebkit,python3-libcloud,python3-requests,python3-paramiko,python3-configobj Provides: gns3-gui Description: GNS3 GUI controls the server using a HTTP REST API. In that case, the last package - gns3-gui_1.4.5 - is missing from 'Packages". Another example: I have changed the section and maintainer values between virt-viewer_3.0 and virt-viewer_3.1: Package: virt-viewer Priority: extra Section: checkinstall Installed-Size: 6488 Maintainer: [email protected] Architecture: amd64 Version: 3.0-11 Depends: openssh-client,desktop-file-utils,spice-client-gtk,libcelt051 Provides: virt-viewer Description: The virt-viewer application is a lightweight interface for interacting with the graphical display of virtualized guest OS. It can display VNC or SPICE, and uses libvirt to lookup the graphical connection details. Package: virt-viewer Priority: extra Section: utils Installed-Size: 6620 Maintainer: Jean-Christophe Manciot <[email protected]> Architecture: amd64 Version: 3.1-11 Depends: openssh-client,desktop-file-utils,spice-client-gtk,libcelt051 Provides: virt-viewer Description: The virt-viewer application is a lightweight interface for interacting with the graphical display of virtualized guest OS. It can display VNC or SPICE, and uses libvirt to lookup the graphical connection details. Again, the last version - virt-viewer_3.1 is missing from "Packages". Obviously, not all fields are affected by this issue; apt-ftparchive accepts that some of them may change (Installed-Size, Version,...), but others cannot when they could. I will change the title of this thread to reflect that. ** Summary changed: - [apt-utils] Some packages are missing in Packages built by apt-ftparchive + [apt-utils] Changing "Section", "Maintainer" or "Depends" (and probably some others) fields in a control file makes apt-ftparchive miss the new package in "Packages" file. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1550726 Title: [apt-utils] Changing "Section", "Maintainer" or "Depends" (and probably some others) fields in a control file makes apt-ftparchive miss the new package in "Packages" file. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/1550726/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
