Public bug reported: The dpkg option -p is reading the file /var/lib/dpkg/available.
But in 14.10, this file is not updated anymore, the file updated is /var/lib/dpkg/status So there's a bug,for exeample with a kernel-image: $ dpkg -p linux-image-3.16.0-24-generic dpkg-query: le paquet « linux-image-3.16.0-24-generic » n'est pas disponible Utilisez dpkg --info (= dpkg-deb --info) pour examiner les fichiers archives, et dpkg --contents (= dpkg-deb --contents) pour afficher leur contenu. You can see here a screen of the files: http://pix.toile-libre.org/?img=1419021081.png /var/lib/dpkg/available is last modified in 10/26/2014 (date of my migration to 14.10), and /var/lib/dpkg/status last modified today, 05/19/2014 ** Affects: dpkg (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Description changed: The dpkg option -p is reading the file /var/lib/dpkg/available. But in 14.10, this file is not updated, the file updated is /var/lib/dpkg/status So there's a bug,for exeample withe a kernel-image: $ dpkg -p linux-image-3.16.0-24-generic dpkg-query: le paquet « linux-image-3.16.0-24-generic » n'est pas disponible Utilisez dpkg --info (= dpkg-deb --info) pour examiner les fichiers archives, et dpkg --contents (= dpkg-deb --contents) pour afficher leur contenu. You can see here a screen of the files: http://pix.toile-libre.org/upload/img/1419021081.png /var/lib/dpkg/available is last modified in 10/26/2014 and - /var/lib/dpkg/status today, 05/19/2014 + /var/lib/dpkg/status last modified today, 05/19/2014 ** Description changed: The dpkg option -p is reading the file /var/lib/dpkg/available. - But in 14.10, this file is not updated, the file updated is /var/lib/dpkg/status - So there's a bug,for exeample withe a kernel-image: + But in 14.10, this file is not updated anymore, the file updated is + /var/lib/dpkg/status + + So there's a bug,for exeample with a kernel-image: $ dpkg -p linux-image-3.16.0-24-generic dpkg-query: le paquet « linux-image-3.16.0-24-generic » n'est pas disponible Utilisez dpkg --info (= dpkg-deb --info) pour examiner les fichiers archives, et dpkg --contents (= dpkg-deb --contents) pour afficher leur contenu. You can see here a screen of the files: http://pix.toile-libre.org/upload/img/1419021081.png /var/lib/dpkg/available is last modified in 10/26/2014 and /var/lib/dpkg/status last modified today, 05/19/2014 ** Description changed: The dpkg option -p is reading the file /var/lib/dpkg/available. But in 14.10, this file is not updated anymore, the file updated is /var/lib/dpkg/status So there's a bug,for exeample with a kernel-image: $ dpkg -p linux-image-3.16.0-24-generic dpkg-query: le paquet « linux-image-3.16.0-24-generic » n'est pas disponible Utilisez dpkg --info (= dpkg-deb --info) pour examiner les fichiers archives, et dpkg --contents (= dpkg-deb --contents) pour afficher leur contenu. You can see here a screen of the files: http://pix.toile-libre.org/upload/img/1419021081.png - /var/lib/dpkg/available is last modified in 10/26/2014 - and + /var/lib/dpkg/available is last modified in 10/26/2014 (date of my migration to 14.10), and /var/lib/dpkg/status last modified today, 05/19/2014 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1404381 Title: dpkg option -p bug in 14.10 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dpkg/+bug/1404381/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
