Public bug reported: Binary package hint: apt-file
While investigating bug #176753 I inspected the postrm file in the apt- file package. That was not the cause for my problem, but it seems that it would fail to fetch the update if the first source in the file is a cdrom: location, as typically it is, unless you explicitly disable it. vnix$ grep ^deb\ /tmp/sources.list | head -1 | cut -s -d\ -f2 | cut -d/ -f3 cdrom:[Ubuntu I had disabled mine, so /tmp/sources.list is a copy where I have uncommented the cdrom: entry again. (Shell programming style gag reflex suppressed.) In the light of bug #74097 vs bug #154180 as well as http://bugs.debian.org/405927 it would perhaps be better if apt-file could install a cron job which updates the files. On Ubuntu, the regular update manager already fetches files periodically, so it should hopefully not be impossible to piggyback on that. Then you should also block most of the error reports regarding having to run apt-file update as root, remember to run it, run it under a sensible umask, etc. (See upstream's bug reports for a good sample of these.) As a quick fix in the meantime, how about perl -lne 'if (m%^deb\s+(?:https?|ftp)://([^\s/]+)/.*%) { print $1; last }' /etc/apt/sources.list This restricts matching to only http, https, and ftp sources. (Still not sure the overall logic is sound, though.) ** Affects: apt-file (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- postrm fails if first source is cdrom https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/176757 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
