Devuan bug report logs - #759
aptitude doesn't accept non-Debian Origin when downloading changelogs

Package: aptitude; Maintainer for aptitude is (unknown); Source for aptitude is src:aptitude.

Reported by: bugreportem@posteo.de

Date: Sun, 14 May 2023 13:14:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: debian

Forwarded to https://bugs.debian.org/889924

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Report forwarded to devuan-bugs@lists.dyne.org, devuan-dev@lists.dyne.org:
bug#758; Package aptitude. (Sun, 14 May 2023 13:14:02 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).

Acknowledgement sent to bugreportem@posteo.de:
New bug report received and forwarded. Copy sent to devuan-dev@lists.dyne.org. (Sun, 14 May 2023 13:14:06 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).

Message #5 received at submit@bugs.devuan.org (full text, mbox, reply):

Package: aptitude
Version:  0.8.13

Releases: beowulf and chimaera,

in the section aptitude preferences there is written
URL to use to download metadata
http://metadata.ftp-master.debian.org/changelogs

That means meta data of devuan packages cannot be downloaded through 
this channel.
Thus aptitude cannot report changelogs from the devuan packages.

Please correct.

Information forwarded to devuan-bugs@lists.dyne.org, devuan-dev@lists.dyne.org:
bug#758; Package aptitude. (Tue, 16 May 2023 09:56:01 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).

Message #8 received at 758@bugs.devuan.org (full text, mbox, reply):

Control: reassign -1 devuan-project
Control: retitle -1 Changelogs are not available for forked packages
Control: affects -1 aptitude apt
Control: severity -1 wishlist

Thanks

Yes I was aware of this. It is a wider issue than aptitude (also affects apt and
probably others) and there isn't a straightforward solution as we need to merge
the available changelogs so that they are available on a single URL.

Maybe that can be done through an nginx redirect. I will give it some more
thought.

Reassigning to devuan-project.

Mark

bug reassigned from package 'aptitude' to 'devuan-project'. Request was from Mark Hindley <mark@hindley.org.uk> to 758-submit@bugs.devuan.org. (Tue, 16 May 2023 09:56:04 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).

No longer marked as found in versions 0.8.13. Request was from Mark Hindley <mark@hindley.org.uk> to 758-submit@bugs.devuan.org. (Tue, 16 May 2023 09:56:04 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).

Changed bug title to 'Changelogs are not available for forked packages' from 'aptitude URL to use to download metadata'. Request was from Mark Hindley <mark@hindley.org.uk> to 758-submit@bugs.devuan.org. (Tue, 16 May 2023 09:56:04 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).

Added indication that 758 affects aptitude and apt Request was from Mark Hindley <mark@hindley.org.uk> to 758-submit@bugs.devuan.org. (Tue, 16 May 2023 09:56:05 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).

Severity set to 'wishlist' from 'normal' Request was from Mark Hindley <mark@hindley.org.uk> to 758-submit@bugs.devuan.org. (Tue, 16 May 2023 09:56:05 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).

Information forwarded to devuan-bugs@lists.dyne.org, Devuan Developers <devuan-dev@lists.dyne.org>:
bug#758; Package devuan-project. (Thu, 18 May 2023 11:10:02 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).

Message #21 received at 758@bugs.devuan.org (full text, mbox, reply):

Control: tags -1 pending

I have an initial implementation to support this deployed for unstable and
experimental[1]

It works for apt. However, there is an unresolved Debian restriction on the
Origin field[2] which prevents aptitude from using the provided metadata.

Mark


[1]  http://pkgmaster.devuan.org/changelogs

[2]  https://bugs.debian.org/889924

Added tag(s) pending. Request was from Mark Hindley <mark@hindley.org.uk> to 758-submit@bugs.devuan.org. (Thu, 18 May 2023 11:10:06 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).

Information forwarded to devuan-bugs@lists.dyne.org, Devuan Developers <devuan-dev@lists.dyne.org>:
bug#758; Package devuan-project. (Thu, 18 May 2023 11:50:01 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).

Message #26 received at 758@bugs.devuan.org (full text, mbox, reply):

Control: clone -1 -2
Control: reassign -2 aptitude
Control: retitle -2 aptitude doesn't accept non-Debian Origin when downloading changelogs
Control: tags -2 =debian
Control: forwarded -2 https://bugs.debian.org/889924

On Thu, May 18, 2023 at 12:08:59PM +0100, Mark Hindley wrote:
> It works for apt.

And synaptic.

Cloning the outstanding aptitude issue as a separate bug.

Mark

Bug 758 cloned as bug 759 Request was from Mark Hindley <mark@hindley.org.uk> to 758-submit@bugs.devuan.org. (Thu, 18 May 2023 11:50:09 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).

bug reassigned from package 'devuan-project' to 'aptitude'. Request was from Mark Hindley <mark@hindley.org.uk> to 758-submit@bugs.devuan.org. (Thu, 18 May 2023 11:50:12 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).

Changed bug title to 'aptitude doesn't accept non-Debian Origin when downloading changelogs' from 'Changelogs are not available for forked packages'. Request was from Mark Hindley <mark@hindley.org.uk> to 758-submit@bugs.devuan.org. (Thu, 18 May 2023 11:50:14 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).

Added tag(s) debian; removed tag(s) pending. Request was from Mark Hindley <mark@hindley.org.uk> to 758-submit@bugs.devuan.org. (Thu, 18 May 2023 11:50:15 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).

Set bug forwarded-to-address to 'https://bugs.debian.org/889924'. Request was from Mark Hindley <mark@hindley.org.uk> to 758-submit@bugs.devuan.org. (Thu, 18 May 2023 11:50:18 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).

Removed indication that 759 affects apt and aptitude Request was from Mark Hindley <mark@hindley.org.uk> to control@bugs.devuan.org. (Thu, 18 May 2023 11:56:01 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).

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Devuan bug report logs - #759 aptitude doesn't accept non-Debian Origin when downloading changelogs

Devuan bug report logs - #759
aptitude doesn't accept non-Debian Origin when downloading changelogs