Bug#373864: debarchiver: binary-all packages not getting indexed in binary-<arch>/Packages and Contents-<arch>

[Daniel Leidert <daniel.leidert.spam@gmx.net>]

Am Samstag, den 17.06.2006, 20:31 +0000 schrieb Julian Mehnle:
> Daniel Leidert wrote:
> > reassign 373864 apt-utils
> > retitle 373864 gzip-name gets mangled if apt-ftparchive is run via
> > cron-job merge 373864 341326
> > thanks
> >
> > [...]
> > it is the same bug: 
> > [...]
> > I therefor reassigned, retitled and merged this report with 341326. It
> > is not a debarchiver bug.
> 
> Well, that's great and all, but what am I supposed to do now?

The workarund is described in bug-report #341326: extend the PATH
variable. Just add a 

PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/games

to the debarchiver cron-job command, so that it looks like this

PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/games /usr/bin/debarchiver ...options...  | logger -t debarchiver -p daemon.info

and it works again.

> apt-ftparchive being known to be broken, and with bug #341326 not being 
> looked after since Nov 2005, shouldn't debarchiver NOT rely on that broken 
> tool?

Well, the bug is tagged "pending". This normally means, that a fix
exists and that the updated package is on it's way. As far as I can see
it, it was probably set to "pending" a few days ago. But I cannot
guarantee it.

Regards, Daniel