Bug#654905: Cannot configure dpkg-dev, complains about tar --warning

2012-01-06 Thread Raphael Manfredi
Package: dpkg-dev Version: 1.15.8.8 Severity: grave Justification: renders package unusable The following happens when I attempt to install 1.16.1.2: tar: unrecognized option `--warning=no-timestamp' Try `tar --help' or `tar --usage' for more information. dpkg-deb: error: subprocess tar returned

Bug#654905: Cannot configure dpkg-dev, complains about tar --warning

2012-01-06 Thread Jonathan Nieder
severity 654905 normal notfound 654905 dpkg/1.15.8.8 found 654905 dpkg/1.16.1.2 merge 642802 654905 quit Hi Raphael, Raphael Manfredi wrote: The following happens when I attempt to install 1.16.1.2: tar: unrecognized option `--warning=no-timestamp' Try `tar --help' or `tar --usage' for more

Processed (with 1 errors): Re: Cannot configure dpkg-dev, complains about tar --warning

2012-01-06 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for cont...@bugs.debian.org: severity 654905 normal Bug #654905 [dpkg-dev] Cannot configure dpkg-dev, complains about tar --warning Severity set to 'normal' from 'grave' notfound 654905 dpkg/1.15.8.8 Bug #654905 [dpkg-dev] Cannot configure dpkg-dev, complains about tar

Processed: Re: Cannot configure dpkg-dev, complains about tar --warning

2012-01-06 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for cont...@bugs.debian.org: reassign 654905 dpkg 1.16.1.2 Bug #654905 [dpkg-dev] Cannot configure dpkg-dev, complains about tar --warning Bug reassigned from package 'dpkg-dev' to 'dpkg'. Bug No longer marked as found in versions dpkg/1.16.1.2. Bug #654905 [dpkg] Cannot

Bug#620958: Cannot configure dpkg-dev, complains about tar --warning

2012-01-06 Thread Jonathan Nieder
found 620958 dpkg/1.16.1.2 quit Hi Raphael, Raphael Manfredi wrote: dpkg-query: warning: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/status' near line 1682 package 'sudo': missing architecture What do I need to do to fix these warnings Reinstalling sudo (and any other packages that have the missing

Processed: Re: Cannot configure dpkg-dev, complains about tar --warning

2012-01-06 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for cont...@bugs.debian.org: found 620958 dpkg/1.16.1.2 Bug #620958 [dpkg] dpkg outputs tons of new warning messages with no obvious way to fix them Bug Marked as found in versions dpkg/1.16.1.2. quit Stopping processing here. Please contact me if you need assistance. --

Bug#620958: dpkg outputs tons of new warning messages with no obvious way to fix them

2012-01-06 Thread Jonathan Nieder
Raphael Manfredi wrote: I wrote a little perl script to do the conversion. God bless you for using a text file for the database and not some binary format: --- #!/usr/bin/perl use strict; my @lines; my $seen_arch = 0; while () { push (@lines, $_);

Processed: Bug#654626 marked as pending

2012-01-06 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for cont...@bugs.debian.org: tag 654626 pending Bug #654626 [dpkg-dev] dpkg-dev: error in french manpage of dpkg-buildpackage Added tag(s) pending. thanks Stopping processing here. Please contact me if you need assistance. -- 654626: