On Sat, Aug 20, 2016 at 07:56:56PM +0200, gregor herrmann wrote: > On Sat, 20 Aug 2016 20:51:51 +0300, Niko Tyni wrote: > > > > > flAbsPath on /var/lib/apt/var/lib/dpkg/status failed - realpath (2: No > > > > such file or directory) > > > > Could not open file - open (2: No such file or directory) > > > > Problem opening > > > > The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
> > I can reproduce it with libapt-pkg5.0_1.3~rc1, and it goes away with > > libapt-pkg5.0_1.3~rc2. The build logs have 1.3~rc1. (Looks like they > > may be testing stretch not sid.) > > Ah! That explains. > > > Maybe this change in ~rc2? > > > > * default to Dir=/ in dpkg/status file finding magic > > Right, and this was also mentioned in #833656 by one of the apt > maintainers. > > So I guess we can close this bug? Either that, or reassign it to src:apt to track 1.3~rc2 testing migration I guess. I don't mind much, but maybe Santiago (cc'd) does? (given you seem to be rebuilding stretch not sid) -- Niko Tyni nt...@debian.org
