Hi,
> apt-listbugs often causes apt-get dist-upgrade to prompt me
> unnecessarily, when a bug is marked as pending and fixed in the
> version being installed. Since it's fixed by that version,
> apt-listbugs surely shouldn't report a problem?
I think you've misunderstood something.
> e.g.:
>
> Parsing Found/Fixed information... Done
> grave bugs of fontconfig (2.4.2-1.2 -> 2.5.0-2) <pending>
You are upgrading from 2.4.2-1.2 to 2.5.0-2
> #454965 - ttf-opensymbol: uninstallable
and this bug applies to you.
> serious bugs of fontconfig (2.4.2-1.2 -> 2.5.0-2) <pending>
> #452718 - ttf-opensymbol non-installable
> Summary:
> fontconfig(2 bugs)
> Are you sure you want to install/upgrade the above packages? [Y/n/?/...]
>
> when the packages being installed are version 2.5.0-2.
Correct.
So apt-listbugs is warning you correctly.
as documented in the manpage:
[bug severity] bugs of [package] ([current version] -> [package
version to be installed]) <[status of bug report]>
[bug #] - [bug title] [(Fixed: fixed version, if it's fixed in a
future version)]
regards,
junichi
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