Package: approx Version: 2.7.0 Severity: normal
Hello, gc_approx (run from /etc/cron.weekly/approx but also command line) seems to have troubles with a couple of lines in the Sources.gz from sarge (i.e. /debian/dists/sarge/main/source/Sources.gz on your favorite mirror, I checked a couple in case mine had a broken file), it reports for example Malformed line: libncurses5-dev and quits with exit code 1. The only line which has only libncurses5-dev is in the Build-Depends continuation line of the atom4 package, which starts with an tabulator. Running [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~ # gc_approx 2>&1 | od -a 0000000 M a l f o r m e d sp l i n e : sp 0000020 ht l i b n c u r s e s 5 - d e v 0000040 nl 0000041 seems to suggest that this is the line in question. Removing that package from the Sources.gz manually makes gc_approx fail at the next line with a tabulator at the beginning. Couple of packages that are having that kind of continuation line are silo, orgadoc, stunnel, xt-aterm. Removing all of those packages from the Sources.gz file results in gc_approx finishing as usual. BTW, this whole thing only started to show up in the last two weeks I think, so I guess this is a 2.7.0 only thing, if you like I could try to downgrade to the older 2.06 version. Also, if the Sources.gz file is broken (I don't know about the format details), please go on and reassign this bug to a more suitable package/maintainer. Kind regards WK -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-1-686 Locale: LANG=C, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (charmap=ISO-8859-15) Versions of packages approx depends on: ii adduser 3.99 Add and remove users and groups ii bzip2 1.0.3-6 high-quality block-sorting file co ii curl 7.15.5-1 Get a file from an HTTP, HTTPS, FT ii libc6 2.3.6.ds1-6 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libpcre3 6.7-1 Perl 5 Compatible Regular Expressi ii lsb-base 3.1-17 Linux Standard Base 3.1 init scrip approx recommends no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
