Bug#568713: Usage error message (harmless?) from dpkg --compare-versions on clean install

[Torbjörn Andersson <eriknospam@telia.com>]

Package: openoffice.org-writer2latex
Version: 1.0-6
Severity: normal

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Hi,

If I do a clean install of openoffice.org-writer2latex, I get an error
message from dpkg --compare-versions that I don't get if I install it
over an already installed package. I can see the postinst script tries
to test for this case but I guess the test is insufficient. Here's what
the output looks like:

Selecting previously deselected package openoffice.org-writer2latex.
(Reading database ... 373531 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking openoffice.org-writer2latex (from
openoffice.org-writer2latex_1.0-6_all.deb) ...
Setting up openoffice.org-writer2latex (1.0-6) ...
dpkg: --compare-versions takes three arguments: <version> <relation>
<version>

Type dpkg --help for help about installing and deinstalling packages [*];
Use `dselect' or `aptitude' for user-friendly package management;
Type dpkg -Dhelp for a list of dpkg debug flag values;
Type dpkg --force-help for a list of forcing options;
Type dpkg-deb --help for help about manipulating *.deb files;
Type dpkg --license for copyright license and lack of warranty (GNU GPL)
[*].

Options marked [*] produce a lot of output - pipe it through `less' or
`more' !
Copying: writer2latex.oxt
Enabling: Writer2LaTeX export filters
 Enabling: writer2latex.rdb
 Enabling: W2LDialogs
 Enabling: Options.xcs
 Enabling: writer2latex-filter.jar
 Enabling: w2l_types.xcu
 Enabling: w2l_filters.xcu
 Enabling: Options.xcu

unopkg done.

Sincerely,

Torbjörn Andersson

-- Package-specific info:
Identifier: org.openoffice.da.writer2latex.oxt
  Version: 1.0
  URL:
vnd.sun.star.expand:$UNO_SHARED_PACKAGES_CACHE/uno_packages/dTPW11_/writer2latex.oxt
  is registered: yes
  Media-Type: application/vnd.sun.star.package-bundle
  Description: Writer2LaTeX provides Writer export filters for LaTeX and
BibTeX
  bundled Packages: {
      URL:
vnd.sun.star.expand:$UNO_SHARED_PACKAGES_CACHE/uno_packages/dTPW11_/writer2latex.oxt/writer2latex.rdb
      is registered: yes
      Media-Type: application/vnd.sun.star.uno-typelibrary;type=RDB
      Description:
      URL:
vnd.sun.star.expand:$UNO_SHARED_PACKAGES_CACHE/uno_packages/dTPW11_/writer2latex.oxt/W2LDialogs/
      is registered: yes
      Media-Type: application/vnd.sun.star.basic-library
      Description:
      URL:
vnd.sun.star.expand:$UNO_SHARED_PACKAGES_CACHE/uno_packages/dTPW11_/writer2latex.oxt/Options.xcs
      is registered: yes
      Media-Type: application/vnd.sun.star.configuration-schema
      Description:
      URL:
vnd.sun.star.expand:$UNO_SHARED_PACKAGES_CACHE/uno_packages/dTPW11_/writer2latex.oxt/writer2latex-filter.jar
      is registered: yes
      Media-Type: application/vnd.sun.star.uno-component;type=Java
      Description:
      URL:
vnd.sun.star.expand:$UNO_SHARED_PACKAGES_CACHE/uno_packages/dTPW11_/writer2latex.oxt/w2l_types.xcu
      is registered: yes
      Media-Type: application/vnd.sun.star.configuration-data
      Description:
      URL:
vnd.sun.star.expand:$UNO_SHARED_PACKAGES_CACHE/uno_packages/dTPW11_/writer2latex.oxt/w2l_filters.xcu
      is registered: yes
      Media-Type: application/vnd.sun.star.configuration-data
      Description:
      URL:
vnd.sun.star.expand:$UNO_SHARED_PACKAGES_CACHE/uno_packages/dTPW11_/writer2latex.oxt/Options.xcu
      is registered: yes
      Media-Type: application/vnd.sun.star.configuration-data
      Description:
  }

-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-trunk-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_DK.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_DK.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages openoffice.org-writer2latex depends on:
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]         1.5.28     Debian configuration
ii  gcj-4.4-jre [java5-runtime]   4.4.3-1    Java runtime environment
ii  gcj-jre [java5-runtime]       4:4.4.2-3  Java runtime environment
ii  openoffice.org-core           1:3.1.1-15 full-featured office
ii  openoffice.org-java-common    1:3.1.1-15 full-featured office
ii  procps                        1:3.2.8-6  /proc file system utilities
ii  sun-java6-jre [java5-runtime] 6-17-1     Sun Java(TM) Runtime

openoffice.org-writer2latex recommends no packages.

openoffice.org-writer2latex suggests no packages.

-- debconf information:
  shared/openofficeorg-running: