bug in dpkg (was Re: packages in the old format)
On 21 Aug 1997, Guy Maor wrote:
> Enrique Zanardi <ezanardi@noah.dfis.ull.es> writes:
>
> > (the last dpkg versions don't recognize the old-format packages, so
> > a dselect install run over a local mirror of unstable will always fail
> > in the main section, thus skipping contrib and non-free).
>
> Are you sure? It seems to work ok for me
How strange.
.../stable/binary-i386/x11$ file xkeycaps_2.29-3.deb
xkeycaps_2.29-3.deb: old Debian binary package (format 0.939000)
.../stable/binary-i386/x11$ md5sum xkeycaps_2.29-3.deb
8b66f542ce7c7e8e9b2fedbdc512c326 xkeycaps_2.29-3.deb
.../stable/binary-i386/x11$ dpkg-deb -f xkeycaps_2.29-3.deb
dpkg-deb: `xkeycaps_2.29-3.deb' is not a debian format archive
.../stable/binary-i386/x11$ dpkg-deb --version
Debian Linux `dpkg-deb' package archive backend version 1.4.0.19 (i386 elf).
Copyright (C) 1994-1996 Ian Jackson. This is free software; see the
GNU General Public Licence version 2 or later for copying conditions.
There is NO warranty. See dpkg-deb --licence for details.
Oh, wait!
.../stable/binary-i386/x11$ env | grep LC_ALL
LC_ALL=es_ES
.../stable/binary-i386/x11$ export LC_ALL=C
.../stable/binary-i386/x11$ dpkg-deb -f xkeycaps_2.29-3.deb
PACKAGE: xkeycaps
VERSION: 2.29-3
ARCHITECTURE: i386
MAINTAINER: Robert Leslie <rob@mars.org>
DEPENDS: libc5, elf-x11r6lib
SUGGESTS: xbaseR6
SECTION: x11
DESCRIPTION: Graphical front-end to xmodmap.
xkeycaps is a graphical front-end to xmodmap. It opens a
window that looks like a keyboard; moving the mouse over a
key shows what KeySyms and Modifier bits that key
generates. Clicking on a key simulates KeyPress/KeyRelease
events on the window of your choice. It is possible to
change the KeySyms and Modifiers generated by a key through
a mouse-based interface. This program can also write an
input file for xmodmap to recreate your changes in future
sessions.
Yeah, that was it. dpkg 1.4.0.19 has a bug related with internationalization.
I will check the sources and send the bug-report.
Thanks,
--
Enrique Zanardi ezanardi@noah.dfis.ull.es
Dpto. Fisica Fundamental y Experimental
Univ. de La Laguna
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