Bug#45640: marked as done (sources.list parsing with '/' for the dist name broken)
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From: Brad <lists@anomie.dhis.org>
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Subject: sources.list parsing with '/' for the dist name broken
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Package: apt
Version: 0.3.13
i have the following line in my sources.list to handle packages that i
compiled locally (e.g. kernels):
deb file:/usr/local/debs /
After upgrading from apt-0.3.12 to apt-0.3.13, this line causes apt-get
update to fail. A complete transcript follows.
# apt-get update
E: The method driver /usr/lib/apt/methods/Packages.gz could not be found.
E: The method driver /usr/lib/apt/methods/Release could not be found.
Also, other operations (e.g. apt-get source) give the following warning
(incomplete transcript)
W: Couldn't stat source package list 'file:/usr/local/debs/ Packages'
(/var/state/apt/lists/Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory)
i managed to track the problem to a piece of code in these two functions
in apt-pgk/sourcelist.cc.
string pkgSourceList::Item::PackagesURI() const
string pkgSourceList::Item::ReleaseURI() const
The code in question, identical in the two functions:
if (Dist[Dist.size() - 1] == '/')
{
if (Dist != "/")
Res = URI + Dist;
}
else
Res = URI + "dists/" + Dist + '/' + Section +
"/binary-" + _config->Find("APT::Architecture") + '/';
In particular, you'll notice that if Dist == "/", Res remains as "". Since
there's not even the proper method descriptor (in this case, 'file:') on
the front, apt gets confused and thinks it should use method Packages.gz
or Resources (depending which fuction).
I suggest something like the patch below to fix this problem, although
there could easily be better ways to do it.
--- apt-0.3.13/apt-pkg/sourcelist.cc Thu Sep 9 12:53:40 1999
+++ apt-0.3.13/apt-pkg/sourcelist.cc Mon Sep 20 23:39:34 1999
@@ -172,6 +172,8 @@
{
if (Dist != "/")
Res = URI + Dist;
+ else
+ Res = URI;
}
else
Res = URI + "dists/" + Dist + '/' + Section +
@@ -240,6 +242,8 @@
{
if (Dist != "/")
Res = URI + Dist;
+ else
+ Res = URI;
}
else
Res = URI + "dists/" + Dist + '/' + Section +
i am using Debian potato with a custom-compiled kernel version 2.2.12. All
packages Depended and Suggested are the latest potato versions from
http.us.debian.org as of the time of this email.
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These bugs are fixed in the latest APT upload to unstable, 0.3.14:
apt (0.3.14) unstable; urgency=low
* Fix Perl or group pre-depends thing Closes: #46091, #46096, #46233, #45901
* Fix handling of dpkg's conversions from < -> <= Closes: #46094, #47088
* Make unparsable priorities non-fatal Closes: #46266, #46267, #46293, #46298
* Fix handling of '/' for the dist name. Closes: #43830, #45640, #45692
* Fixed 'Method gave a blank filename' error from IMS queries onto CDs.
Closes: #45034, #45695, #46537
* Made OR group handling in the problem resolver more elaborate. Closes: #45646
* Added APT::Clean-Installed option. Closes: #45973
* Moves the free space check to after the calculated size is printed.
Closes: #46639, #47498
* mipsel arch Closes: #47614
* Beautified URI printing to not include passwords Closes: #46857
* Fixed little problem with --no-download Closes: #47557
* Tweaked Dselect 'update' script to re-gen the avail file even in the
event of a failure Closes: #47112
* Retries for source archives too Closes: #47529
* Unmounts CDROMs iff it mounted them Closes: #45299
* Checks for the partial directories before doing downloads Closes: #47392
* no_proxy environment variable (http only!) Closes: #43476
* apt-cache showsrc Closes: #45799
* De-Refs Single Pure virtual packages. Closes: #42437, #43555
* Regexs for install. Closes: #35304, #38835
* Dependency reports now show OR group relations
* Re-Install feature. Cloes: #46961, #37393, #38919
* Locks archive directory on clean (woops)
* Remove is not 'sticky'. Closes: #48392
* Slightly more accurate 'can not find package' message. Closes: #48311
* --trivial-only and --no-remove. Closes: #48518
* Increased the cache size. Closes: #47648
* Comment woopsie. Closes: #48789
* Removes existing links when linking sources. Closes: #48775
* Problem resolver does not install all virtual packages. Closes: #48591, #49252
* Clearer usage message about 'source' Closes: #48858
* Immediate configure internal error Closes: #49062, #48884
-- Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org> Sun, 7 Nov 1999 20:21:25 -0800
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