Re: Bug#26723: apt: apt 0.1.6 installs not correctly
Erm, what should we do with bugs like this? There is no way it's an APT
bug that a package doesn't unpack correctly, dpkg is responsible..
Anyone have some idea?
On Tue, 15 Sep 1998, Stefan Nobis wrote:
> Package: apt
> Version: 0.1.6
>
> I found a problem when i downloaded and installed programs with apt version
> 0.1.6 (if i remember correctly older versions i used didn't show this
> problem). I was able to reproduce the bug with wmaker_0.19.3-1:
>
> I downloaded wmaker_0.19.3-1 with apt. When apt tries to unpack and setup
> wmaker, the directory /etc/GNUstep/Defaults is left empty. But in wmaker are
> config-files which have to be unpacked there. If i use dpkg -i
> wmaker_0.19.3-1 the package is be installed correctly, namley with all files
> in /etc/GNUstep/Defaults unpacked.
>
> It makes no difference, if i use dselect with method apt or if i use apt-get
> on the commandline.
>
> If find it also anoying that downloaded files are being deleted if i use the
> apt-method in dselect. I would much prefer it if, like ftp-method, i would
> be asks, if the downloaded files should be erased.
>
> -- System Information
> Debian Release: slink
> Kernel Version: Linux teddy 2.0.34 #1 Thu Sep 10 17:59:05 CEST 1998 i586 unknown
>
> Versions of the packages apt depends on:
> ii libc6 2.0.7t-1 The GNU C library version 2 (run-time files)
> ii libstdc++2.8 2.90.29-0.6 The GNU stdc++ library (egcs version)
>
> --- Begin /etc/apt/sources.list (modified conffile)
> deb ftp://ftp.de.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free non-US
>
> --- End /etc/apt/sources.list
>
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