On Wed, 13 Jan 2010 13:54:20 -0500 Dale Harris wrote: Hello! Thanks for commenting this bug.
[...] > However, it doesn't appear that apt-listbugs requires dpkg-ruby. How so? I can assure that apt-listbugs does *indeed* require libdpkg-ruby1.8 (which belongs to the *source* package dpkg-ruby). It does not require the *binary* package dpkg-ruby, but that *binary* package is *not* listed among apt-listbugs dependencies, AFAICT. > I didn't > have it installed and apt-listbugs blew up when I did a dist-upgrade. I > had to install dpkg-ruby and then do the dist-upgrade. If you mean that you installed the *binary* package dpkg-ruby, you may safely remove it (as far as apt-listbugs is concerned), since it is not required. What is required is libdpkg-ruby1.8 (>= 0.3.3), and even better if you upgrade to version 0.3.5, since versions 0.3.3 and 0.3.4 are affected by bug #564117. Please take a look at bug #564117, I am under the impression that you were bitten by that bug, when "apt-listbugs blew up". If this is the case, then the essential step to fix the problem is upgrading libdpkg-ruby1.8 to version 0.3.5 ... I hope this helps. -- http://www.inventati.org/frx/progs/scripts/pdebuild-hooks.html Need some pdebuild hook scripts? ..................................................... Francesco Poli . GnuPG key fpr == C979 F34B 27CE 5CD8 DC12 31B5 78F4 279B DD6D FCF4
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