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Re: dh_gencontrol vs dpkg-gencontrol



On Wed, Mar 26, 2003 at 12:00:07AM +0100, Martin Sjögren wrote:
> I discovered something interesting with the Packages file on the netinst
> CDs, some packages were missing Priority and Section control fields. I
> checked the corresponding package files and indeed, dpkg -f revealed
> they did not have those control fields! Some investigation showed that
> the packages using dh_gencontrol were immune, while the packages using
> dpkg-gencontrol directly were the ones with problems.
a classic copy'n'paste problem :)

> The packages with this problem that I found are:
> ddetect (ethdetect)
> lvmcfg
done

> netcfg
> partitioner
done

> cdrom-checker
done

> di-utils
done

> Those of you feeling responsible for these packages, please change to
> dh_gencontrol, or "fix" the calls to dpkg-gencontrol. (I'd do it myself
> but I'm a bit busy right now)
np.


Bye
Thorsten


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