Re: Bug#1021425: debmany: "The package does not exist" when in exists in cwd

[Jakub Wilk <jwilk@jwilk.net>]

* Axel Beckert <abe@debian.org>, 2022-10-08 14:49:
> So maybe we need an "apt-get print-uris" (or "apt-cache print-uris") 
> subcommand analogous to the "apt reinstall" shortcut for "apt 
> --reinstall install") which reliably shows that URI independent of any 
> current package state or downloaded files.

Such an option for APT would be indeed useful, but in the mean time, 
debmany could just chdir into a directory that doesn't contain any *.deb 
files before running "apt-get --print-uris ...". See the attached patch.

--
Jakub Wilk

diff --git a/debmany/debmany b/debmany/debmany
index dfea6e9..7a6029a 100755
--- a/debmany/debmany
+++ b/debmany/debmany
@@ -279,11 +279,11 @@ else
   if [ -z "$file" ]
   then
     debug "Mode3: Determining the path of '$package' using 'apt-get -q2 --print-uris download'" # comment
-    aptdata=`apt-get -q2 --print-uris download "$package" 2>/dev/null | grep "$package"_`
+    aptdata=`cd / && apt-get -q2 --print-uris download "$package" 2>/dev/null | grep "$package"_`
     if [ -z "$aptdata" ]
     then
       errormsg "There was an error looking for package '$package'."
-      aptdata=`apt-get -q2 --print-uris download "apt"  2>/dev/null | grep "apt"_`
+      aptdata=`cd / && apt-get -q2 --print-uris download "apt"  2>/dev/null | grep "apt"_`
       if [ $? -ne 0 ] ||  [ -z "$aptdata" ] ; then
       # If looking for apt fails then there is something amiss
         error "Apt-get might not be working properly Possible failure when running 'apt-get -q2 --print-uris download \"$package\"'"