Re: Bug#597482: xserver-xorg-video-geode: warning messages during install

[Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>]

Hi,

On Wed, 29 Sep 2010, Martin-Éric Racine wrote:
> 2010/9/20 Giorgos Pallas <gpall@ccf.auth.gr>:
> > Package: xserver-xorg-video-geode
> > Version: 2.11.8-7
> > Severity: normal
> >
> >
> > While the package was being installed, I got:
> >
> > warning, in file '/var/lib/dpkg/updates/0077' near line 5 package
> > 'xserver-xorg-video-geode':
> >  missing description
> > warning, in file '/var/lib/dpkg/updates/0077' near line 5 package
> > 'xserver-xorg-video-geode':
> >  missing maintainer
> 
> I might be mistaken, but this sure sounds like a corrupted dpkg
> database. Could the dpkg maintainers confirm and, if appropriate,
> reassign the bug?

It's not a corrupted database, it's a bug in dpkg (already fixed). See #594167.

Giorgos, you should upgrade dpkg to version 1.15.8.5 to get rid of the
useless warning.

Cheers,
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