Debian Bug report logs - #11984
dpkg-genchanges: lists all packages even with -B

Package: dpkg; Maintainer for dpkg is Dpkg Developers <debian-dpkg@lists.debian.org>; Source for dpkg is src:dpkg (PTS, buildd, popcon).

Reported by: James Troup <J.J.Troup@comp.brad.ac.uk>

Date: Fri, 8 Aug 1997 18:48:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Anthony Towns <ajt@master.debian.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Report forwarded to debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.org, Klee Dienes and Ian Jackson <dpkg-maint@chiark.greenend.org.uk>:
Bug#11984; Package dpkg-dev. (full text, mbox, link).

Acknowledgement sent to James Troup <J.J.Troup@comp.brad.ac.uk>:
New bug report received and forwarded. Copy sent to Klee Dienes and Ian Jackson <dpkg-maint@chiark.greenend.org.uk>. (full text, mbox, link).

Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: James Troup <J.J.Troup@comp.brad.ac.uk>
To: submit@bugs.debian.org
Subject: dpkg-genchanges: lists all packages even with -B
Date: 08 Aug 1997 19:36:09 +0100
Package: dpkg-dev
Version: 1.4.0.19

dpkg-genchanges ignores the -B option when producing (at least) the
Binary: and Description: lines. e.g.

hades|20:25:34 ~/temp/dpkg-1.4.0.19 [524] $dpkg-genchanges -B 
Format: 1.5
Date: Sun, 13 Jul 1997 19:28:22 -0700
Source: dpkg
Binary: dpkg dpkg-dev
             ^^^^^^^^
Architecture: i386 all
Version: 1.4.0.19
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Klee Dienes <klee@debian.org>
Description: 
 dpkg       - Package maintenance system for Debian Linux
 dpkg-dev   - Package building tools for Debian Linux
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Changes: 

[...]

(I don't know any perl and can't even begin to understand
dpkg-genchanges, never mind attempt a fix)

-- 
James

Bug reassigned from package `dpkg-dev' to `dpkg-iwj'. Request was from Ben Collins <bcollins@debian.org> to control@bugs.debian.org. (full text, mbox, link).

Bug reassigned from package `dpkg-iwj' to `dpkg'. Request was from Anthony Towns <ajt@master.debian.org> to control@bugs.debian.org. (full text, mbox, link).

Bug closed, ack sent to submitter - they'd better know why ! Request was from Anthony Towns <ajt@master.debian.org> to control@bugs.debian.org. (full text, mbox, link).

Bug reassigned from package `dpkg' to `dpkg'. Request was from Anthony Towns <ajt@master.debian.org> to control@bugs.debian.org. (full text, mbox, link).

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