[Sorry for the duplication, I forgot to reply-all.] Guillem Jover <guil...@debian.org> wrote:
> I'm guessing you are not using the apt method? Perhaps the ftp one? I am using the apt method. I don't remember ever configuring the access method in dselect, but I just now checked it, and it's apt. > For now, one workaround that you could do, while not having to change > your current dselect method could be to install apt, do an apt-update > and use the program sync-available from dctrl-tools. This should give > you back your Descriptions, but you'll need to rember to not update > from dselect, only upgrade from it. apt was already installed, but I installed it again to get the latest version. I then ran: apt-get update apt-get install dctrl-tools sync-available But ~32k of the ~42k packages in /var/lib/dpkg/available still have Description-md5: instead of actual descriptions. Any other ideas? :) > I'll look into fixing this for 1.16.4 or 1.16.5 for wheezy. Thanks! AMC -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
