Bug#373864: debarchiver: binary-all packages not getting indexed in binary-<arch>/Packages and Contents-<arch>
Am Montag, den 19.06.2006, 11:50 +0200 schrieb Michael Vogt:
> On Sat, Jun 17, 2006 at 08:31:02PM +0000, Julian Mehnle wrote:
> > 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?
> > 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?
> >
> > At the very least, debarchiver should explicitly recommend a work-around
> > such as the use of the "-a" switch to cause dpkg-scan{packages,sources} to
> > be used instead of apt-ftparchive. Would that be a good work-around?
>
> Can someone please test the attached patch and let me know if it fixes
> the problem?
I've tested the attached patch without observing any issues. Also
debarchiver cron-job ran without a problem. Then I reinstalled the
latest apt packages from Sid and - surprise - I was not able to
reproduce the issue I originally reported. So there are IMO two
possibilities: (1) the issue was not directly located in apt-utils or
(2) you already solved it in 0.6.44.2.
Julian, could you update your apt (it hit testing recently) and try, if
that already solves the issue for you too? If not, I guess, the issue
is/was not located in apt-utils itself.
Regards, Daniel
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