Re: apt-listbug weirdness

[Wayne Topa <linuxtwo@gmail.com>]

On 11/19/2010 12:45 AM, Dan Serban wrote:
> On Wed, 17 Nov 2010 09:03:01 -0600
> Hugo Vanwoerkom<hvw59601@care2.com>  wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am enjoying the use of apt-listbug.
> >
> > Just now it died saying it couldn' t find /dev/tty :-(
> >
> > Tried it 2x.
> >
> > Then I ran 'apt-get dist-upgrade' in script mode and it ran...
> >
> > Go figure. A bug in apt-listbug?
> >
> > Hugo
>
> Hugo,
>
> No bug, apt-listbug hooks into the apt upgrade/installation process, it
> is not intended to run as a stand-alone application.

Pardon me Mr. Serban but I believe you are mistaken.  I use apt-listbugs 
often to check packages status



 [VT/dev/pts/3 wtopa@dj-SQUEEZE] 


 ~$ apt-listbugs list ia32-libs 


 Reading package fields... Done 


 Reading package status... Done 


 Retrieving bug reports... Done 


 Parsing Found/Fixed information... Done 


 serious bugs of ia32-libs ( -> ) <marked as done in some version> 


  #540199 - Copyright file incomplete (Fixed: ia32-libs/20090808) 


  #563402 - ia32-libs broken on ia64 (Fixed: ia32-libs/20100905 
ia32-libs/20100908 ia32-libs/2.7+lenny1) 

 serious bugs of ia32-libs ( -> ) <unfixed>
  #602810 - ia32-libs fails in postinst due to wrong version 
conditioning prior to dpkg-divert (Fixed: ia32-libs/20100914)
 Summary:
  ia32-libs(3 bugs)



Saves a lot of time.

Wayne