Re: Bug#675748: dselect no longer shows package descriptions, /var/lib/dpkg/available no longer contains them

[Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>]

reassign 675748 apt
thanks

On Tue, 2012-06-05 at 08:03:42 +0000, Adam M. Costello wrote:
> [Sorry for the duplication, I forgot to reply-all.]

No problem.

> Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org> wrote:
> > I'm guessing you are not using the apt method? Perhaps the ftp one?
> 
> I am using the apt method.  I don't remember ever configuring the access
> method in dselect, but I just now checked it, and it's apt.
> 
> > For now, one workaround that you could do, while not having to change
> > your current dselect method could be to install apt, do an apt-update
> > and use the program sync-available from dctrl-tools. This should give
> > you back your Descriptions, but you'll need to rember to not update
> > from dselect, only upgrade from it.
> 
> apt was already installed, but I installed it again to get the latest
> version.  I then ran:
> 
> apt-get update
> apt-get install dctrl-tools
> sync-available

Because you are using apt as the dselect method this is not really
required, and updating from inside dselect, or using «dselect update»
should do the equivalent.

> But ~32k of the ~42k packages in /var/lib/dpkg/available still have
> Description-md5: instead of actual descriptions.
> 
> Any other ideas?  :)

Ok it seems then, this is an apt issue, as «apt-cache dumpavail|less»
shows the same problem for me. Thus reassigning.

thanks,
guillem