On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 22:22, Kevin Ryde <use...@zip.com.au> wrote: > Sandro Tosi <mo...@debian.org> writes: >> >> $ python bts616455.py fvwm > > Ah, that succeeds.
that's because I used a try..except around the whole problematic code :) > But I copied some of the prints to the real one and > it dies on an fvwm-icons entry containing only > > Package: fvwm-icons > Status: install ok not-installed > Priority: optional > Section: x11 that translated in a 'dpkg -l' output is: $ COLUMNS=60 dpkg -l fvwm-icons Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend |/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Description +++-==============-==============-============================================ in fvwm-icons <none> (no description available) > Which I presume is being picked out because it's a "Recommends:" of > fvwm. Does that look like everyone else's failing cases too? > > Is that entry normal for dpkg? yep it is, even if it seems in a quite messed state. > Those not-installeds seem to get left > behind by old packages, but fvwm-icons still exists. Don't think I've > had it installed. I use apt all the time now, so dunno if it crept in > from an old update available or dselect something. That package is in a "not-installed" state, so I'm going to filter out these kind of packages before retrieving information (that they are missing). Cheers, -- Sandro Tosi (aka morph, morpheus, matrixhasu) My website: http://matrixhasu.altervista.org/ Me at Debian: http://wiki.debian.org/SandroTosi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
