Hi, I've just reviewed this bug report. I think the real issue here, is the one described in the README.Debian (section _Current Design Limitation_).
When source-version differs from binary-version, version tracking fails to work properly. For example, consider bug #552764 of libgcj-bc/4.3.3-9+nmu1, which has been fixed in libgcj-bc/4.3.4-1 . This bug has severity serious and should be listed by the following command: $ apt-listbugs list libgcj-bc/4.3.3-9+nmu1 Reading package fields... Done Reading package status... Done Retrieving bug reports... Done Parsing Found/Fixed information... Done but, as can be seen, fails to be listed. The same bug should *not* be listed by the following command: $ apt-listbugs list libgcj-bc/4.3.4-1 Reading package fields... Done Reading package status... Done Retrieving bug reports... Done Parsing Found/Fixed information... Done and, indeed, it is *not* listed, but for the wrong reason (because 4.3.4-1 >= 1.88). If we manually use source-versions, version tracking works: $ apt-listbugs list libgcj-bc/1.87+nmu1 Reading package fields... Done Reading package status... Done Retrieving bug reports... Done Parsing Found/Fixed information... Done serious bugs of libgcj-bc (4.3.3-9+nmu1 -> 1.87+nmu1) <marked as done in some version> #552764 - no-copyright-file (Fixed: gcc-defaults/1.88) Summary: libgcj-bc(1 bug) $ apt-listbugs list libgcj-bc/1.88 Reading package fields... Done Reading package status... Done Retrieving bug reports... Done Parsing Found/Fixed information... Done I think apt-listbugs should try to internally and transparently convert the binary-version into the corresponding source-version before querying the BTS via SOAP, and the convert back source-version into binary-version before presenting data to the user (or performing any other binary-version based operation). This is important for both the 'list' and the 'apt' commands. I don't know whether this conversion is actually feasible and how easy it could be. For instance, how could you tell that libgcj-bc/4.3.2-1 belongs to src:gcc-defaults/1.76 ? Remember that you do not necessarily have the corresponding .deb package available, and that this version is not necessarily available from any configured apt repositories... -- New location for my website! Update your bookmarks! http://www.inventati.org/frx ..................................................... Francesco Poli . GnuPG key fpr == C979 F34B 27CE 5CD8 DC12 31B5 78F4 279B DD6D FCF4
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