Bug#703092: dpkg --set-selections ignores available packages never installed or removed by dpkg

2013-04-10 Thread Jonathan Nieder
severity 703092 important quit Hi, Norbert Preining wrote: [Subject: setting this to critical] Please keep in mind that these appear as emails in a crowded inbox, where a subject line can provide valuable context. It might look harmless, but we do *NOT* want to release Debian with a dpkg

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2013-04-10 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for cont...@bugs.debian.org: severity 703092 important Bug #703092 [dpkg] dpkg --set-selections ignores available packages never installed or removed by dpkg Severity set to 'important' from 'critical' quit Stopping processing here. Please contact me if you need

Bug#703092: dpkg --set-selections ignores available packages never installed or removed by dpkg

2013-04-10 Thread Raphael Hertzog
Hi, On Wed, 10 Apr 2013, Jonathan Nieder wrote: It might look harmless, but we do *NOT* want to release Debian with a dpkg that is broken with respect to all the descriptions floating around how to clone a system. I agree that this is a problem, but I cannot convince myself it breaks

Bug#703092: dpkg --set-selections ignores available packages never installed or removed by dpkg

2013-04-10 Thread Raphael Hertzog
On Wed, 10 Apr 2013, Raphael Hertzog wrote: The impact was perfectly known. I was also concerned by the change but Guillem did not want to change his mind. See https://lists.debian.org/debian-dpkg/2012/03/msg00065.html and Guillem's reply in

Bug#703092: dpkg --set-selections ignores available packages never installed or removed by dpkg

2013-04-10 Thread Norbert Preining
Hi Guillem's reply in https://lists.debian.org/debian-dpkg/2012/03/msg00067.html I agree that there is a reasoning behind it, but if this feature as documented far and wide is removed, please: * add a warning to the NEWS * fix the man page! And mention ways to achieve the same Thanks