Bug#722710: apt: Incorrect error message for missing data.tar.* segment.
On Fri, Sep 13, 2013 at 4:32 PM, Len Sorensen
<lennartsorensen@ruggedcom.com> wrote:
> Please get the string updated. It is very confusing when you encounter
> it as it is now. The gain is not nearly as small as whoever wrote that
> comment thought it was.
That was me and at the time I wrote this it was a big gain because this
code was to be backported to squeeze and I am pretty sure our chessy
l10n god would have killed me otherwise (and I value my life). ;)
And as I didn't want to be killed by the release team either it was introduced
in unstable/wheezy unchanged first (a month before in that case).
That the fixme was never fixed is just what happens if you are distracted by
other stuff for a month, so that you forget it – and apt-inst code is code not
read/changed very often, so you either rediscover it by accident or you don't…
I know its easier said than done, but the take home lesson is:
If you think something else has a bug, think again and check that
your inputs are correct before proceeding. (I fell into that trap far to
often myself, so yes it frustrating, but anger doesn't help)
And for the record, I haven't changed the string yet, but I guess it will be
"This is not a valid DEB archive, it has no data.tar member." given that
there are plans for uncompressed members and its not unlikely we would
have the same "lets backport $compressor-support" in the future.
Best regards
David Kalnischkies
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