Debian Bug report logs - #21659
dselect doesn't show descriptions for obsolete packages

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

From: Bernd Eckenfels <ecki@lina.inka.de>

To: submit@bugs.debian.org

Subject: dpkg: dselect doesnt show describtion for obsolete packages

Date: Sat, 25 Apr 1998 12:46:51 +0200 (CEST)

Package: dpkg
Version: 1.4.0.22

dselect is showing for obsolete packages (non-us, some older ones, local
installed) the line "package - no describtion available" and in the info
window, and in the select window the <Description> is empty. But if I press
'i' i get the Package-file Entries, including a Describtion.

If it is intentional that dselct doesnt display Describtion for obsolete
PAckages, it would be better to print something like "Obsolete PAckage,
press 'i' for Describtion"

Greetings
Bernd

-- System Information
Debian Release: 2.0 (frozen)
Kernel Version: Linux lina.inka.de 2.0.33 #9 Thu Dec 18 02:10:45 CET 1997 i386 unknown

Versions of the packages dpkg depends on:
libc6	Version: 2.0.7pre1-4
libstdc++2.8	Version: 2.90.27-0.6
ncurses3.4	Version: 1.9.9g-8

Message #14 received at 21659-done@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>

To: 21659-done@bugs.debian.org

Subject: probably fixed in d-i beta 3

Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2004 15:16:47 -0500

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Hello, a while ago you reported a problem with the Debian Installer. I
think that your problem is fixed in the just released beta 3 of the
installer. If you're still able to install to the hardware you tried it on,
please download it from http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/, and
try it again. Feel free to file another installation report.

A few of the new features of beta 3 include:

  - new easy to use partitioner that supports automatic partitioning and LVM
  - grub as the default boot loader on i386
  - wireless networking support
  - 2.4.25 kernel, with SATA support and security fixes
  - support for the XFS filesystem

Note that your original installation report may have been split up into
multiple individual bug reports. If so this message closes only one bug,
and not other issues you reported.

-- 
see shy jo

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Message #19 received at 21659@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Bernd Eckenfels <ecki@lina.inka.de>

To: control@bugs.debian.org

Cc: 21659@bugs.debian.org, joeyh@debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#21659 acknowledged by developer (probably fixed in d-i beta 3)

Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 01:09:31 +0100

reopen 21659
thanks

Hello,

this message closes a bug which was not reported against d-i, and the latest deselct version still does not show descriptions, so i reopen it.

On Tue, Mar 23, 2004 at 12:33:14PM -0800, Debian Bug Tracking System wrote:
> This is an automatic notification regarding your Bug report
> #21659: dselect doesn't show descriptions for obsolete packages,
> which was filed against the dselect package.
> 
> It has been closed by one of the developers, namely
> Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>.
> 
> Their explanation is attached below.  If this explanation is
> unsatisfactory and you have not received a better one in a separate
> message then please contact the developer, by replying to this email.
> 
> Debian bug tracking system administrator
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> Hello, a while ago you reported a problem with the Debian Installer. I
> think that your problem is fixed in the just released beta 3 of the
> installer. If you're still able to install to the hardware you tried it on,
> please download it from http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/, and
> try it again. Feel free to file another installation report.
> 
> A few of the new features of beta 3 include:
> 
>   - new easy to use partitioner that supports automatic partitioning and LVM
>   - grub as the default boot loader on i386
>   - wireless networking support
>   - 2.4.25 kernel, with SATA support and security fixes
>   - support for the XFS filesystem
> 
> Note that your original installation report may have been split up into
> multiple individual bug reports. If so this message closes only one bug,
> and not other issues you reported.
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Message #26 received at 21659@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>

To: Bernd Eckenfels <ecki@lina.inka.de>

Cc: 21659@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#21659 acknowledged by developer (probably fixed in d-i beta 3)

Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2004 19:57:48 -0500

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Bernd Eckenfels wrote:
> reopen 21659
> thanks
> 
> Hello,
> 
> this message closes a bug which was not reported against d-i, and the latest deselct version still does not show descriptions, so i reopen it.

Ei! I must have typoed a bug number. I'm sorry.

-- 
see shy jo

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Message #35 received at 21659-done@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Bruce Sass <bmsass@shaw.ca>

To: 21659-done@bugs.debian.org

Subject: show description for obsolete packages

Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2006 12:55:28 -0600

Hi,

dselect only shows "installed control info" for obsolete packages, and 
given that this report has been ignored for 8+ years it is safe to say 
that is the intended behaviour.

The suggestion that, "it would be better to print something 
like "Obsolete PAckage, press 'i' for Describtion", would require that 
dselect be able to distinguish between obsolete and local packages or 
indicate both possibilities in the message. Doing the later would be 
redundant since dselect already lists such packages under 
an "Obsolete/local" heading; the former would require reconciliation 
with old lists of Available packages (which dselect would need to keep 
around itself) and/or input from the local admins because only they 
will know if an installed package which does not appear in the 
Available list is actually local... essentially, a lot of work for a 
purely cosmetic issue which should be obvious to the local admin.

For those reasons I am closing this report.


- Bruce

Message #40 received at 21659@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Bernd Eckenfels <be-mail2006@lina.inka.de>

To: 21659@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#21659 closed by Bruce Sass <bmsass@shaw.ca> (show description for obsolete packages)

Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2006 01:50:25 +0200

On Fri, Sep 15, 2006 at 12:48:51PM -0700, Debian Bug Tracking System wrote:
> dselect only shows "installed control info" for obsolete packages, and 
> given that this report has been ignored for 8+ years it is safe to say 
> that is the intended behaviour.

It does not show that info by default, and it does not show it in the
description column. 

If i am on a local/obsolote package it prints "package - no description
available". Which it is clearly wrong, since pressing "i" will show me the
description. So it should be "for your inconvinience we do not show the
description you would expect here until you press <i>". Fine with me :)

Sorry I dont understand the technical issues which arise from showing that
info, I am just a user who would expect that info and find it helpfull (if
I would actually use dselect).

Gruss
Bernd

Message #45 received at 21659@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Bruce Sass <bmsass@shaw.ca>

To: 21659@bugs.debian.org

Cc: control@bugs.debian.org

Subject: dselect doesn't show descriptions for obsolete packages

Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2006 15:33:21 -0600

reopen 21659
severity 21659 wishlist
tags 21659 patch
thanks

Hi,

sorry for the delay

Bernd wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 15, 2006 at 12:48:51PM -0700, Debian Bug Tracking System 
wrote:
>> dselect only shows "installed control info" for obsolete packages,
>> and given that this report has been ignored for 8+ years it is safe 
>> to say that is the intended behaviour.
>
> It does not show that info by default, and it does not show it in the
> description column. 
>
> If i am on a local/obsolote package it prints "package - no
> description available". Which it is clearly wrong, since pressing "i" 
> will show me the description. So it should be "for your inconvinience 
> we do not show the description you would expect here until you press 
> <i>". Fine with me :)    

:-)

> Sorry I dont understand the technical issues which arise from showing 
> that info, I am just a user who would expect that info and find it 
> helpfull (if I would actually use dselect).  

dselect is coded to only show descriptions for *available* packages, 
that is the "intended behaviour" I mentioned and what appears unlikely 
to change given the length of time the report has languished in the 
BTS.

I could only guess at why it was decided that descriptions should only 
be shown for Available packages, so I'll refrain from doing so, but it 
does serve to draw attention to the Obsolete ones (which is generally a 
good thing, imo.)

Technically, from pkginfo.cc:

void packagelist::itd_description() {
  if (table[cursorline]->pkg->name) {
    whatinfovb(_("description of "));
    whatinfovb(table[cursorline]->pkg->name);

    const char *m= table[cursorline]->pkg->available.description;
    if (!m || !*m) m= _("no description available.");
    const char *p= strchr(m,'\n');
    ...

Getting dselect to always show a Description would require an additional 
test and attempt to set "m", afaict, something like:

    const char *m= table[cursorline]->pkg->available.description;
    if (!m || !*m) m= table[cursorline]->pkg->installed.description;
    if (!m || !*m) m= _("no description available.");

Which doesn't seem too difficult, unreasonable, or likely to introduce 
bugs... reopening as a wishlist item and tagging with "patch", just 
because I may have been a bit overzealous with this one.


- Bruce

Message #56 received at 21659@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>

To: control@bugs.debian.org

Cc: 21659@bugs.debian.org

Subject: setting package to dselect dpkg-dev dpkg, tagging 21659

Date: Fri, 04 Jul 2008 15:24:50 +0200

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# dpkg (1.15.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
#
#  * Use description of installed package as fallback in dselect.
#    Based on a patch from Bruce Sass <bmsass@shaw.ca>. Closes: #21659
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package dselect dpkg-dev dpkg
tags 21659 + pending

Message #63 received at 21659-close@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>

To: 21659-close@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Bug#21659: fixed in dpkg 1.15.0

Date: Mon, 02 Mar 2009 05:17:04 +0000

Source: dpkg
Source-Version: 1.15.0

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
dpkg, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive:

dpkg-dev_1.15.0_all.deb
  to pool/main/d/dpkg/dpkg-dev_1.15.0_all.deb
dpkg_1.15.0.dsc
  to pool/main/d/dpkg/dpkg_1.15.0.dsc
dpkg_1.15.0.tar.gz
  to pool/main/d/dpkg/dpkg_1.15.0.tar.gz
dpkg_1.15.0_i386.deb
  to pool/main/d/dpkg/dpkg_1.15.0_i386.deb
dselect_1.15.0_i386.deb
  to pool/main/d/dpkg/dselect_1.15.0_i386.deb



A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 21659@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org> (supplier of updated dpkg package)

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Date: Mon, 02 Mar 2009 06:13:53 +0200
Source: dpkg
Binary: dpkg dpkg-dev dselect
Architecture: source i386 all
Version: 1.15.0
Distribution: experimental
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Dpkg Developers <debian-dpkg@lists.debian.org>
Changed-By: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
Description: 
 dpkg       - Debian package management system
 dpkg-dev   - Debian package development tools
 dselect    - Debian package management front-end
Closes: 21659 58735 87677 98822 99870 100135 102144 107098 129577 141325 143701 149961 160848 175740 216606 250258 273406 281057 336091 342566 368000 381219 388313 390282 392429 392430 395140 395556 412487 423176 426752 437060 441904 443535 445270 457135 457371 457863 465340 474092 474671 476899 477916 480556 481165 481185 481716 481805 482834 485012 485365 487455 488293 490693 492052 499924 502258 502496 503954 505172 506028 507568 509312 509578 514106 514106 514490 516481 517264
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     Based on a patch by Timothy G Abbott. Closes: #58735, #476899
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     libraries when the shared library is a non-public directory and is likely
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     Thanks to Thomas Hood <jdthood@yahoo.co.uk>. Closes: #107098
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     (launched during source build). Closes: #426752, #499924
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     Osamu Aoki <osamu@debian.org> for the initial patch. We can know
     select between manual and auto in --config and --all. Closes: #392430
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     with a broken symlink (instead let the current action fix it).
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     made. Closes: #141325, #87677
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     in some cases where it wanted to when the source file didn't exist.
     Closes: #99870
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     installed is the one currently selected. Closes: #100135
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     directory by ignoring them. Closes: #457863
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     any debian/rules target with the proper build environment.
     Closes: #477916
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     but keep compatibility symlinks in /usr/sbin for the squeeze release
     until all maintainer scripts are fixed (see
     http://lintian.debian.org/tags/command-with-path-in-maintainer-script.html).
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     (>= 6.0.7) for this. Update debhelper compatility level to 6 at the same
     time.
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     files created in the DEBIAN directory have sane permissions.
     Closes: #516481
   * Rewrite update-alternatives (so that we can understand it again) and
     implement new features on top of it:
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     - it now logs information to /var/log/dpkg.log. Closes: #445270
     - it forbids reusing master alternative as slave and vice-versa.
       Closes: #342566
     - it forbids reusing alternative links managed by other alternatives
     - new sanity checks on --install parameters. Closes: #423176
     - install slave link only if the corresponding slave file is available.
       Closes: #143701
     - new option --get-selections to export the configuration of all
       alternatives. It's a simple way to discover the name of all available
       alternatives. Closes: #273406, #392429
     - new option --set-selections to reconfigure a set of alternatives in
       a single command.
   * Document in update-alternatives(8) how one can repair all broken
     alternatives with a single command. Closes: #250258, #395556
   * Modify dpkg-gensymbols to replace #PACKAGE# on the fly while installing
     symbols files so that package having libraries whose name varies between
     architectures do not need to hardcode the package name. Closes: #517264
 .
   [ Pierre Habouzit ]
   * Add a --query option to update-alternatives. Closes: #336091, #441904
 .
   [ Updated scripts translations ]
   * Polish (Wiktor Wandachowicz). Closes: #514106
 .
   [ Updated manpages translations ]
   * Polish (Wiktor Wandachowicz). Closes: #514106
 .
   [ Updated dpkg translations ]
   * Portuguese (Miguel Figueiredo).
   * Korean (Changwoo Ryu).
   * Romanian (Eddy Petrișor)
   * Slovak (Ivan Masár). Closes: #514490
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