Debian Bug report logs - #5380
dselect does not support frozen distribution

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

Reported by: Christoph Lameter <clameter@waterf.org>

Date: Tue, 12 Nov 1996 19:33:06 UTC

Severity: normal

Merged with 9355

Found in versions 1.4.0.3, 1.4.0.8

Done: Ben Collins <bcollins@debian.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Report forwarded to debian-devel@lists.debian.org, Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk>:
Bug#5380; Package dpkg. (full text, mbox, link).

Acknowledgement sent to Christoph Lameter <clameter@waterf.org>:
New bug report received and forwarded. Copy sent to Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk>. (full text, mbox, link).

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

From: Christoph Lameter <clameter@waterf.org>
To: submit@bugs.debian.org
Subject: Bug in dpkg Version: 1.4.0.3
Date: Tue, 12 Nov 1996 11:15:53 -0800
Package: dpkg
Version: 1.4.0.3

-- Please describe the problems with the package here

dselect does not allow to select frozen as the distribution to install from.

-- System Information
Debian Release: 1.1
Kernel Version: Linux waterf 2.0.24 #1 Wed Nov 6 21:49:50 PST 1996 i486

Versions of the packages this package depends on:
libc5	Version: 5.4.7-5
ncurses3.0	Version: 1.9.9e-1

-- bug report generated by the debmake bug tool

Changed bug title. Request was from Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk> to control@bugs.debian.org. (full text, mbox, link).

Merged 5380 9355. Request was from Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk> to control@bugs.debian.org. (full text, mbox, link).

Information forwarded to Klee Dienes and Ian Jackson <dpkg-maint@chiark.greenend.org.uk>:
Bug#5380; Package dpkg. (full text, mbox, link).

Acknowledgement sent to remco@blaakmeer.student.utwente.nl (Remco Blaakmeer):
Extra info received and forwarded to maintainer. Copy sent to Klee Dienes and Ian Jackson <dpkg-maint@chiark.greenend.org.uk>. (full text, mbox, link).

Message #14 received at 5380-maintonly@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: remco@blaakmeer.student.utwente.nl (Remco Blaakmeer)
To: 5380-maintonly@bugs.debian.org
Subject: Old bugs need to be looked at
Date: Sun, 1 Feb 1998 12:24:49 +0100 (CET)
This is an automated message sent to all bugs older than one year.

This bug is very old. Please take a look at it and see if you can fix it.
If it has already been fixed, please close it.

If you have problems fixing it or if you don't have the time to fix it,
please ask the people on debian-devel@lists.debian.org for help, so that
at least the oldest bugs can be solved before Debian 2.0 is released.

Remco Blaakmeer

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

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