package: synaptic
version: 0.90.2
Maintainer: Michael Vogt <[email protected]>
System: Debian 5.10.234-1 (2025-02-24) oldstable, latest update
Issue description example:
passwd 1:4.8.1-1+deb11u1 (oldstable-security)
In Synaptic for the package under 'Properties' > 'Description',
the URL to changelogs is merely a generic link to GitHub
-> https://github.com/shadow-maint/shadow
It has no obvious connection to the relevant changes/reasons mapped to
'shadow', i. e. links not directly to the relevant changes with their
descriptions and should most probably be:
->
https://metadata.ftp-master.debian.org/changelogs/main/s/shadow/shadow_4.17.4-2_changelog
Likewise, for all packages in Synaptic:
'Properties' > 'Description' > Click 'Get Changelogs'
links to a non-existent entry and produces an error:
"This change is not coming from a source that supports changelogs.
Failed to fetch the changelog for passwd
URI was:
https://metadata.ftp-master.debian.org/changelogs/main/s/shadow/shadow_4.8.1-1%2bdeb11u1_changelog";
The correct path shold obviously be 'shadow_4.17.4-2_changelog', too.
According to
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=913139
The issue exists for several years now, and supposedly should've been
fixed in Synaptic 90.x, but the fix either hasn't worked, or not been
backported to oldstable accordingly.
Best regards,
obiwlankenobi
