Package: qa.debian.org Tags: patch The php script developer.php writes quite some error messages to /var/log/apache/error.log about dpkg.
Use this command on merkel: tail -f /var/log/apache/error.log and see many lines about dpkg appear, including this one: dpkg: --compare-versions takes three arguments: <version> <relation> <version> The php script developer.php uses "dpkg --compare-versions..." in the functions "ver_comp" and "compare_versions". In function "ver_comp" argument $a can contain "-", so not a real version number. Use this command to reproduce the logged error message: dpkg --compare-versions '-' gt '2.21.0.0' One solution is to modify function ver_comp to treat "-" with return 3. Another solution could be to escape the dash, so make it "\-". Patch: --- /org/qa.debian.org/web/developer.php 2009-07-25 00:28:47.000000000 +0200 +++ developer.php 2009-08-30 17:05:02.000000000 +0200 @@ -526,6 +526,8 @@ return $debvers; } function ver_comp($a, $b, $mangle = true) { + if( $a == "-" ) + return 3; exec('dpkg --compare-versions ' . escapeshellarg($a) . ' gt ' . escapeshellarg($mangle? vers_conv($b) : $b),$output,$res); if ($res==0) return 1; exec('dpkg --compare-versions ' . escapeshellarg($a) . ' lt ' . escapeshellarg($mangle? vers_conv($b) : $b),$output,$res); Regards, Bart Martens -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org