Hi again Tijs, and thanks for the additional info. If you like, please
just attach the failing deb file to this bug, and we can test with it to
see if we can reproduce. Many thanks for your report and for your help!
** Changed in: software-center (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Incomplete
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Title:
previous short description is displayed
Status in “software-center” package in Ubuntu:
Incomplete
Bug description:
A .deb installer contains a description field. By convention the
first line of this multiline field is a short description, the other
lines are a more lengthy description. (pasted documentation of
description field below)
When opening a .deb file with Ubuntu's software center the lengthy
description is properly displayed.
The short description however, is taken from a previous installation of the
same package.
Indeed
- If no previous installation exists, no short description is shown.
- After installing, the short description becomes visible.
I tested on Ubuntu 11.10 and 10.10.
I assume the syntax of the control file of the .deb package is correct
since it is properly displayed after installation.
About the description field, from the Ubuntu man pages:
http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/hardy/man5/deb-control.5.html
Description: <short description>
<long description>
The format for the package description is a short brief summary
on the first line (after the "Description" field). The following
lines should be used as a longer, more detailed description.
Each line of the long description must be preceded by a space,
and blank lines in the long description must contain a single
’.’ following the preceding space.
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