Bug#518919: menu: lost menu entries for upgraded packages

2009-03-09 Thread Joey Hess
Bill Allombert wrote: > > * That test does not cover unconfigured/half-configured > > dependencies, which could also potentially break a menu item. > > Yes, but only if there are circular dependencies( which have their own > share of issue). Without circular dependencies, if a package is > confi

Bug#518919: menu: lost menu entries for upgraded packages

2009-03-09 Thread Bill Allombert
On Mon, Mar 09, 2009 at 01:21:19PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: > Bill Allombert wrote: > > Then it is a bug in debhelper. It should still call update-menus in the > > postinst, (or triggers it using dpkg-trigger). > > > > The problem is that menu only display menu entries for configured > > packages,

Bug#518919: menu: lost menu entries for upgraded packages

2009-03-09 Thread Joey Hess
Bill Allombert wrote: > Then it is a bug in debhelper. It should still call update-menus in the > postinst, (or triggers it using dpkg-trigger). > > The problem is that menu only display menu entries for configured > packages, because unconfigured or half-configured packages generally > do not wor

Bug#518919: menu: lost menu entries for upgraded packages

2009-03-09 Thread Bill Allombert
reassign debhelper 518919 quit On Mon, Mar 09, 2009 at 09:22:02AM +0100, Sven Joachim wrote: > Package: menu > Version: 2.1.41 > Severity: important > > Note that > > - apt generally installs packages by running "dpkg --unpack " > followed by "dpkg --configure " and the file trigger is > pro

Bug#518919: menu: lost menu entries for upgraded packages

2009-03-09 Thread Sven Joachim
Package: menu Version: 2.1.41 Severity: important It seems that the "update-menus --trigger" that is run when a package containing menu entries is installed does not work right. Today I lost several entries for OpenOffice.org packages and had to run update-menus by hand to restore them. To get m