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security updates Packages files lack Task: lines.



Package: ftp.debian.org
Severity: important

Clarke Brunt wrote:
> I think you've spotted what the problem is. Indeed the updates at e.g.
> http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-i386/Packages do
> not contains any "Task: " lines, whereas the equivalent files in the main
> distribution do.
> 
> So, as Hector says, any other input welcome? If this is well-known, which
> mailing list is it well-known on?

In fact it's not well known, and it looks like a serious oversight. I
will see what I can do about getting this fixed, starting with this bug
against ftp.debian.org.

(The context of this bug is that in <2K9V6.A.bDE.m-SjAB@murphy> on
debian-user, it was observed that installs of woody with tasksel picking
the desktop task does not install an X server. This is apparently
because X has been updated in security.debian.org, and the Packages file
lacks Task fields.)

-- 
see shy jo

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