Bug#577668: www.debian.org: packages.debian.org/experimental/ must be the same as .../sid/
Gerfried Fuchs a écrit :
> Hi!
>
> * Osamu Aoki <osamu@debian.org> [2010-04-15 17:38:32 CEST]:
>> On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 04:43:32PM +0200, Gerfried Fuchs wrote:
>>> Actually no, it isn't. The stable page doesn't have the database or the
>>> vcs section, the experimental does. The suite overview only lists the
>>> sections for which actual packages are contained.
>> I see. So
>> http://packages.debian.org/unstable/base/
>>
>> Software Packages in "sid", Subsection base
>>
>> vmelilo (1.5.4) [debports]
>> Linux kernel boot loader for m68k VME processor boards.
>>
>> This means vmelilo is listing wrong non-existing Subsection base.
>
> That package is only available on m68k and has the same version in
> etch-m68k so I expect it just never was touched again since years.
>
> You might want to contact debports maintainers to either drop it from
> their unstable part or to edit their overrides files to put it into the
> proper section if they think it's worth keeping. Please notice the
> [debports] part in there, it's not part of the main archive and thus
> requires different contact methods as can be seen on
> <http://www.debian-ports.org/contacts> (following the link in the
> header).
>
The overrides are coming from the official Debian unstable which does
not have vmelilo anymore. It seems apt-ftparchive uses the one from the
package in that case.
You should contact the m68k team, so that they reupload the package in
the right section.
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