Package: debian-goodies Version: 0.63 Severity: normal File: /usr/bin/debmany
Dear Maintainer, If the package you are trying to inspect with debmany is not installed, but its deb exists in /var/cache/apt/archives, then debmany incorrectly stops with error "There is no package called 'foo'". This is because the apt-get command used in debmany only shows download URIs for files which don't already exist in /var/cache/apt/archives. Changing line 247 to this fixes it (use apt-get download instead of apt-get install; this also removes the need for grep): aptdata=`apt-get --print-uris download "$package" 2>/dev/null` -- System Information: Debian Release: 8.6 APT prefers stable-updates APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'proposed-updates'), (500, 'stable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 3.16.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) (ignored: LC_ALL set to en_US.UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) Versions of packages debian-goodies depends on: ii curl 7.38.0-4+deb8u5 ii dctrl-tools [grep-dctrl] 2.23 ii perl 5.20.2-3+deb8u6 ii python 2.7.9-1 ii whiptail 0.52.17-1+b1 Versions of packages debian-goodies recommends: ii lsof 4.86+dfsg-1 Versions of packages debian-goodies suggests: ii popularity-contest 1.61 ii xdg-utils 1.1.0~rc1+git20111210-7.4 ii zenity 3.14.0-1 -- no debconf information