dpkg 1.15.8.5 MIGRATED to testing
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Re: Names of Fields in Control Files
On Sun, Sep 26, 2010 at 01:35:00AM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: > Raphael Hertzog writes: > > On Sat, 25 Sep 2010, Jonathan Yu wrote: > > >> 22:02:40 < rra> jawnsy: I don't think we say that explicitly, but RFC > >> 5322 requires it and I can't imagine ever not enforcing that. > >> Although you should check with the dpkg maintainers to be sure. > >> > >> Could we/should we make the Debian Policy more restrictive, and > >> specify explicitly that field names must only be ASCII-encoded? > > [...] > >> Your comments and feedback on this would be much appreciated. > > > I think this discussion is theoretical and useless. I hope nobody will > > suggest a field name containing non-ascii characters... > > I suspect there might be a communication problem that made this come > across harsher than it was intended. But I'll mention that one of the > things that's sometimes frustrating about trying to nail down the > specification and standards around Debian's package format is that aspects > of standardization that would be considered completely routine in, say, > IETF work are considered theoretical and useless. > > If we were standardizing things in any other context, one of the very > first things we'd do is write an ABNF grammar for Debian control fields, > which would immediately and unambiguously state the allowed characters for > each component. Ideally, there should be a proper dpkg interface documentation, and the policy document would only need to specify the subset that is mandated by policy. The current situation when the policy team is in charge of maintaining the dpkg interface documentation is awkward, especially since policy does not maintain the dpkg interface. Cheers, -- Bill. Imagine a large red swirl here. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-dpkg-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100929150556.gb10...@yellowpig
Re: Bug#597482: xserver-xorg-video-geode: warning messages during install
Hi, On Wed, 29 Sep 2010, Martin-Éric Racine wrote: > 2010/9/20 Giorgos Pallas : > > Package: xserver-xorg-video-geode > > Version: 2.11.8-7 > > Severity: normal > > > > > > While the package was being installed, I got: > > > > warning, in file '/var/lib/dpkg/updates/0077' near line 5 package > > 'xserver-xorg-video-geode': > > missing description > > warning, in file '/var/lib/dpkg/updates/0077' near line 5 package > > 'xserver-xorg-video-geode': > > missing maintainer > > I might be mistaken, but this sure sounds like a corrupted dpkg > database. Could the dpkg maintainers confirm and, if appropriate, > reassign the bug? It's not a corrupted database, it's a bug in dpkg (already fixed). See #594167. Giorgos, you should upgrade dpkg to version 1.15.8.5 to get rid of the useless warning. Cheers, -- Raphaël Hertzog ◈ Debian Developer ◈ [Flattr=20693] Follow my Debian News ▶ http://RaphaelHertzog.com (English) ▶ http://RaphaelHertzog.fr (Français) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-dpkg-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100929140921.gb9...@rivendell.home.ouaza.com
Re: Bug#597482: xserver-xorg-video-geode: warning messages during install
2010/9/20 Giorgos Pallas : > Package: xserver-xorg-video-geode > Version: 2.11.8-7 > Severity: normal > > > While the package was being installed, I got: > > warning, in file '/var/lib/dpkg/updates/0077' near line 5 package > 'xserver-xorg-video-geode': > missing description > warning, in file '/var/lib/dpkg/updates/0077' near line 5 package > 'xserver-xorg-video-geode': > missing maintainer I might be mistaken, but this sure sounds like a corrupted dpkg database. Could the dpkg maintainers confirm and, if appropriate, reassign the bug? Martin-Éric -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-dpkg-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/aanlktimwrqrthlec0usycjfyjijwhpyaotoh_z+co...@mail.gmail.com
