Bug#551323: dpkg-repack: eats an epoch from version number in the name of result file
Package: dpkg-repack Version: 1.31 Severity: important $ dpkg -l | grep xserver-xorg-video-voodoo ii xserver-xorg-video-voodoo1:1.2.2-1 $ fakeroot -u dpkg-repack xserver-xorg-video-voodoo dpkg-deb: building package `xserver-xorg-video-voodoo' in `./xserver-xorg-video-voodoo_1.2.2-1_amd64.deb' -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.30-1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages dpkg-repack depends on: ii dpkg-dev 1.15.4 Debian package development tools ii perl 5.10.1-5 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction dpkg-repack recommends no packages. dpkg-repack suggests no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#551323: dpkg-repack: eats an epoch from version number in the name of result file
Joey Hess wrote: Eugene V. Lyubimkin wrote: Severity: important Filenames of .deb files are not important. They are important. Unless .deb have a canonical name, I cannot use packed .debs as cached archives to install with cupt/apt. $ dpkg -l | grep xserver-xorg-video-voodoo ii xserver-xorg-video-voodoo1:1.2.2-1 $ fakeroot -u dpkg-repack xserver-xorg-video-voodoo dpkg-deb: building package `xserver-xorg-video-voodoo' in `./xserver-xorg-video-voodoo_1.2.2-1_amd64.deb' This is done by dpkg-deb when building any package with an epoch in any way. Epochs are not intended to be user-visible. This is news for me. Where can I find the source of this statement? Anyway, I need the way the rename the target file to the name I want to have. As I understand, the best I can do is guess the target .deb name by package name, right? I.e. no option where I can specify the target name myself? -- Eugene V. Lyubimkin aka JackYF, JID: jackyf.devel(maildog)gmail.com C++/Perl developer, Debian Developer signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Bug#551323: dpkg-repack: eats an epoch from version number in the name of result file
reopen 551323 reassign 551323 dpkg severity 551323 normal thanks Joey Hess wrote: This is done by dpkg-deb when building any package with an epoch in any way. I reassigned then. -- Eugene V. Lyubimkin aka JackYF, JID: jackyf.devel(maildog)gmail.com C++/Perl developer, Debian Developer signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Bug#551323: dpkg-repack: eats an epoch from version number in the name of result file
Eugene V. Lyubimkin wrote: They are important. Unless .deb have a canonical name, I cannot use packed .debs as cached archives to install with cupt/apt. apt web-escapes various characters, including the : in an epoch, so you would have to modify filenames even if the epoch was included. (Anyway, I was referring to the bug report priority, which does not meet policy's definition of important.) This is done by dpkg-deb when building any package with an epoch in any way. Epochs are not intended to be user-visible. This is news for me. Where can I find the source of this statement? dpkg 1.2.0: * Epochs in version numbers implemented, using the syntax epoch:version-revision. (Epoch not usually displayed.) Although they eventually changed this policy, see #107449. So perhaps they'd be willing to change dpkg-deb to include epochs now if asked. Anyway, I need the way the rename the target file to the name I want to have. As I understand, the best I can do is guess the target .deb name by package name, right? I.e. no option where I can specify the target name myself? apt determines the filenames for its cache using the package name and version, AFAIK. -- see shy jo signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Bug#551323: dpkg-repack: eats an epoch from version number in the name of result file
Joey Hess wrote: Eugene V. Lyubimkin wrote: They are important. Unless .deb have a canonical name, I cannot use packed .debs as cached archives to install with cupt/apt. apt web-escapes various characters, including the : in an epoch, so you would have to modify filenames even if the epoch was included. Cupt is able to pick up both web-escaped and non-web-escaped characters. I would prefer non-escaped variant as more clear, but that's not so important. This is done by dpkg-deb when building any package with an epoch in any way. Epochs are not intended to be user-visible. This is news for me. Where can I find the source of this statement? dpkg 1.2.0: * Epochs in version numbers implemented, using the syntax epoch:version-revision. (Epoch not usually displayed.) Although they eventually changed this policy, see #107449. So perhaps they'd be willing to change dpkg-deb to include epochs now if asked. Yeah. Epochs are shown everywhere nowadays, that's why I asked. And, yes, fellow dpkg developers, please do this. apt determines the filenames for its cache using the package name and version, AFAIK. Exactly. Including epoch. -- Eugene V. Lyubimkin aka JackYF, JID: jackyf.devel(maildog)gmail.com C++/Perl developer, Debian Developer signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
