Package: devscripts Version: 2.10.26 Severity: important Hello,
in case the output below wouldn't be self-explicative, it seems that `apt-cache showsrc $PKG` doesn't return unstable versions first, which renders debcheckout quite useless if you have more than unstable in your apt sources. ===== [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/var/lib/git$ debcheckout -a cl-gd can't use authenticated mode on repository \ 'http://cl-debian.alioth.debian.org/repository/pvaneynd/cl-gd/' since \ it is not a known repository (e.g. alioth) [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/var/lib/git$ apt-cache policy cl-gd cl-gd: Installed: (none) Candidate: 0.5.6-2 Version table: 0.5.6-2 0 990 http://cdn.debian.net sid/main Packages 0.5.6-1 0 500 http://cdn.debian.net testing/main Packages [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/var/lib/git$ apt-cache showsrc cl-gd Package: cl-gd Binary: cl-gd Version: 0.5.6-1 [...] Vcs-Darcs: http://cl-debian.alioth.debian.org/repository/pvaneynd/cl-gd/ Package: cl-gd Binary: cl-gd Version: 0.5.6-2 [...] Vcs-Git: http://git.debian.org/git/pkg-common-lisp/cl-gd.git Package: cl-gd Binary: cl-gd Version: 0.5.1-1 [...] [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/var/lib/git$ ===== I filed the bug to devscripts after a discussion on #d-devel: ===== [22:09:21] <gismo> why `apt-cache showsrc $PKG` returns versions in a different order than `apt-cache show $PKG`? i.e., not starting the latest in unstable [22:09:49] <gismo> not starting FROM the..., obviously [22:10:21] <madduck> they use two different indices [22:11:16] <gismo> madduck: well, this renders `debcheckout -a` completely useless (and it's a bug IMHO) [22:11:24] <madduck> uh oh [22:11:27] <madduck> file it... [22:11:32] <eigood> that's not a bug in apt [22:11:42] <gismo> eigood: why? [22:11:46] <gismo> madduck: devscripts or apt? [22:11:47] <eigood> there is nothing that says what order apt should output things in [22:11:52] <madduck> gismo: devscripts [22:11:57] <gismo> eigood: consistency? [22:12:00] <gismo> madduck: thx [22:12:07] <eigood> and, even then, what is available thru a 'deb' line may not be in sync with a 'deb-src' line [22:12:40] <eigood> deb .... main [22:12:46] <eigood> deb-src ... pool .... [22:12:50] <eigood> deb-src .... contrib [22:12:55] <eigood> deb .... non-free [22:12:58] <eigood> deb-src ... main [22:12:59] <gismo> eigood: sure, but at least I'd like to have the same order for both (i.e., from the more recent to the oldest) [22:13:00] <eigood> etc [22:13:18] <gismo> eigood: anyway, I'm filing it for devscripts and let's see then [22:13:22] <eigood> er, the second is supposed to be from snapshot [22:14:22] <gismo> eigood: can I quote you on the bug report? [22:14:38] <eigood> sure [22:14:55] <gismo> eigood: thx [22:15:08] <eigood> instead of having 2 lines, with main contrib non-free, both deb/deb-src, an admin may split those, and put them in some odd order [22:15:20] <eigood> in an ideal world, you could have 2 options in such cases: [22:15:37] <eigood> order based on sources.list, or alphabetical [22:15:53] <madduck> increasing version number [22:16:20] <eigood> but in any event, it's not specified what should be done [22:16:44] <gismo> eigood: it's neither of based on sources.list nor alphabetical: it's testing -> unstable -> stable [22:20:13] <gismo> madduck: BTW, can I quote you, too? [22:20:24] <madduck> always [22:20:44] <madduck> though i didn't really contribute anything, did i? :) [22:21:54] <gismo> madduck: at least the choice of the package to file the bug to ;-) ===== Thx, bye, Gismo / Luca -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (990, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.24-1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages devscripts depends on: ii debianutils 2.28.4 Miscellaneous utilities specific t ii dpkg-dev 1.14.18 package building tools for Debian ii libc6 2.7-10 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii perl 5.8.8-12 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction ii sed 4.1.5-7 The GNU sed stream editor Versions of packages devscripts recommends: ii at 3.1.10.1 Delayed job execution and batch pr ii bsd-mailx [mailx] 8.1.2-0.20071201cvs-2 A simple mail user agent pn build-essential <none> (no description available) ii bzr 1.3.1-1 easy to use distributed version co ii curl 7.18.1-1 Get a file from an HTTP, HTTPS or ii cvs 1:1.12.13-10 Concurrent Versions System ii dctrl-tools 2.12 Command-line tools to process Debi ii debian-keyring 2007.12.04 GnuPG (and obsolete PGP) keys of D ii debian-maintainers 1.29 GPG keys of Debian maintainers ii dput 0.9.2.30 Debian package upload tool pn equivs <none> (no description available) ii fakeroot 1.9.4 Gives a fake root environment ii git-core 1:1.5.5.1-1 fast, scalable, distributed revisi ii gnupg 1.4.6-2.1 GNU privacy guard - a free PGP rep ii iceweasel [www-bro 3.0~b5-1 lightweight web browser based on M pn libauthen-sasl-per <none> (no description available) pn libcrypt-ssleay-pe <none> (no description available) pn libfile-desktopent <none> (no description available) pn libparse-debcontro <none> (no description available) pn libsoap-lite-perl <none> (no description available) pn libterm-size-perl <none> (no description available) ii libtimedate-perl 1.1600-9 Time and date functions for Perl ii liburi-perl 1.35.dfsg.1-1 Manipulates and accesses URI strin pn libwww-perl <none> (no description available) ii lintian 1.23.46 Debian package checker ii lsb-release 3.2-10 Linux Standard Base version report ii man-db 2.5.1-3 on-line manual pager ii openssh-client [ss 1:4.7p1-8 secure shell client, an rlogin/rsh ii patch 2.5.9-5 Apply a diff file to an original pn patchutils <none> (no description available) ii perl [libdigest-md 5.8.8-12 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction ii strace 4.5.15-1.2 A system call tracer ii subversion 1.4.6dfsg1-3 Advanced version control system ii unzip 5.52-11 De-archiver for .zip files ii w3m [www-browser] 0.5.1-5.1+b1 WWW browsable pager with excellent pn wdiff <none> (no description available) ii wget 1.11.1-1 retrieves files from the web -- no debconf information
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