On 09/23/2012 11:56 AM, Wayne Topa wrote:
On 09/23/2012 11:11 AM, The Wanderer wrote:Has the procedure for working with 'dpkg --set-selections' changed at some point?Yes & No. check with 'listbugs dpkg' when in doubt. wtopa@dj:~$ bugs dpkg Retrieving bug reports... Done Parsing Found/Fixed information... Done serious bugs of dpkg (-> ) <marked as done in some version>#679641 - dpkg: if mcstransd is unexpectedly stopped then dpkg uses invalid SE Linux context (Fixed: dpkg/1.16.6 dpkg/1.15.8.13)serious bugs of dpkg (-> ) <unfixed>#684776 - dpkg incorrectly complains about conffile contents being different for MA packagesSummary: dpkg(2 bugs) This is what I got at 11:55 EST
I get the same thing, but I don't see how any of that bears on the problem I described. I do know how to report a bug and how to check to see whether it's already been reported. However, since this has been in place for as long as I've seen it be without a fix, I wanted to verify that it wasn't intended behavior (and that it isn't a "just me" situation) before trying to handle it as a bug. At the very least I know it isn't *absolutely* just me; it was reported and discussed earlier this year at http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=79006 But that's the only mention of it I've found so far - so either very few people use the 'set-selections' functionality for anything other than already-installed packages, or this doesn't happen for everyone. -- The Wanderer Warning: Simply because I argue an issue does not mean I agree with any side of it. Every time you let somebody set a limit they start moving it. - LiveJournal user antonia_tiger