On 4 May 2011 07:34, Reuben Thomas <r...@sc3d.org> wrote:
> On 4 May 2011 01:06, Tshepang Lekhonkhobe <tshep...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I have used python-apt to implement this and would appreciate testing
>> before upload to Debian, so please update your clone and report back
>> any issues.
>
> Fantastic stuff. I have installed it, now I just need to wait until I
> next install a 3rd-party .deb.
OK, I got a chance to try this, and it didn't work that well. I will
show some transcripts, first with gdebi:
$ sudo gdebi reportbug_5.1.1_all.deb python-reportbug_5.1.1_all.deb
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Building data structures... Done
Building data structures... Done
This package is uninstallable
Dependency is not satisfiable: python-reportbug (= 5.1.1)
$ sudo gdebi python-reportbug_5.1.1_all.deb
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Building data structures... Done
Building data structures... Done
This package is uninstallable
Breaks existing package 'reportbug' dependency python-reportbug (=
4.12.6ubuntu1)
[Then I removed the two packages]
$ sudo gdebi python-reportbug_5.1.1_all.deb
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Building data structures... Done
Building data structures... Done
Python modules for interacting with bug tracking systems
reportbug is a tool designed to make the reporting of bugs in Debian
and derived distributions relatively painless.
.
This package includes Python modules which may be reusable by other
tools that want to interact with the Debian bug tracking system.
.
To actually report a bug, install the reportbug package.
Do you want to install the software package? [y/N]:y
(Reading database ... 340981 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace python-reportbug 4.12.6ubuntu1 (using
python-reportbug_5.1.1_all.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement python-reportbug ...
Setting up python-reportbug (5.1.1) ...
Processing triggers for python-support ...
$ sudo gdebi reportbug_5.1.1_all.deb
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Building data structures... Done
Building data structures... Done
reports bugs in the Debian distribution
reportbug is a tool designed to make the reporting of bugs in Debian
and derived distributions relatively painless. Its features include:
.
* Integration with mutt and mh/nmh mail readers.
* Access to outstanding bug reports to make it easier to identify
whether problems have already been reported.
* Automatic checking for newer versions of packages.
* Optional automatic verification of integrity of packages via debsums.
* Support for following-up on outstanding reports.
* Optional PGP/GnuPG integration.
.
reportbug is designed to be used on systems with an installed mail
transport agent, like exim or sendmail; however, you can edit the
configuration file and send reports using any available mail server.
.
This package also includes the "querybts" script for browsing the
Debian bug tracking system.
Do you want to install the software package? [y/N]:y
Selecting previously deselected package reportbug.
(Reading database ... 340981 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking reportbug (from reportbug_5.1.1_all.deb) ...
Setting up reportbug (5.1.1) ...
Installing new version of config file /etc/reportbug.conf ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Processing triggers for menu ...
Processing triggers for bamfdaemon ...
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf.index...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils ...
Processing triggers for python-gmenu ...
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/desktop.en_GB.utf8.cache...
Processing triggers for python-support ...
Then I removed the packages and tried again with wajig install. The
first problem was that bash completion refused to complete the .deb
files. When I typed the names in full, I got the following result:
$ wajig install reportbug_5.1.1_all.deb
Do you want to continue [Y/n]?
Fetched 0 B in 0s (0 B/s)
Selecting previously deselected package reportbug.
(Reading database ... 340954 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking reportbug (from reportbug_5.1.1_all.deb) ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of reportbug:
reportbug depends on python-reportbug (= 5.1.1); however:
Package python-reportbug is not installed.
dpkg: error processing reportbug (--install):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Processing triggers for menu ...
Processing triggers for bamfdaemon ...
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf.index...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils ...
Processing triggers for python-gmenu ...
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/desktop.en_GB.utf8.cache...
Processing triggers for python-support ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
reportbug
There are two things wrong here: first, it didn't display the package
description, and secondly, it didn't refuse to install the package.
So then I tried anyway to install the other package:
$ wajig install python-reportbug_5.1.1_all.deb
Do you want to continue [Y/n]?
Fetched 0 B in 0s (0 B/s)
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of reportbug:
reportbug depends on python-reportbug (= 5.1.1); however:
Package python-reportbug is not installed.
dpkg: error processing reportbug (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
Errors
were encountered while processing:
reportbug
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/share/wajig/debfile.py", line 53, in <module>
cache.commit(apt.progress.text.AcquireProgress())
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apt/cache.py", line 440, in commit
raise SystemError("installArchives() failed")
SystemError: installArchives() failed
I was hoping it would configure python-reportbug and the result would
be good, but no such luck.
I then tried installing in the correct order.
$ wajig install python-reportbug_5.1.1_all.deb
Do you want to continue [Y/n]?
Fetched 0 B in 0s (0 B/s)
Selecting previously deselected package python-reportbug.
(Reading database ... 340953 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking python-reportbug (from python-reportbug_5.1.1_all.deb) ...
Setting up python-reportbug (5.1.1) ...
Processing triggers for python-support ...
$ wajig install reportbug_5.1.1_all.deb
Do you want to continue [Y/n]?
Fetched 0 B in 0s (0 B/s)
Selecting previously deselected package reportbug.
(Reading database ... 340980 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking reportbug (from reportbug_5.1.1_all.deb) ...
Setting up reportbug (5.1.1) ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Processing triggers for menu ...
Processing triggers for bamfdaemon ...
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf.index...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils ...
Processing triggers for python-gmenu ...
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/desktop.en_GB.utf8.cache...
Processing triggers for python-support ...
So although I didn't get the package description, it did basically
work. However, as you can see, gdebi handles the not-working situation
much more gracefully than wajig.
Is it really not a good idea simply to delegate to gdebi?
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