Re: [Synaptic-devel] bugs

[Sviatoslav Sviridov]

On Wed, 15 Jan 2003 23:12:11 +0100
Michael Vogt <address@hidden> wrote:

> On Tue, Jan 14, 2003 at 07:01:34PM +0300, Sviatoslav Sviridov wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > synaptic does not show available version of package if local version
> > is newer. is it correct?
> 
> Yes, looks like a bug. See my post in reply to Mathieu.

It also not show description for such packages.

> > The first place where synaptic exits if list files are not availabe
> > is gtp/gsynaptic.cc:116:
> > 
> >     if (!packageLister->openCache(false)) {
> >         mainWindow->showErrors();
> >         exit(1);
> >     }
> 
> This is really wired. I can't reproduce that synaptic exits. If I add
> a new uri to my source.list, I get a warning at startup, but synaptic
> keeps working:

I've created workaround patch to let synaptic work on rpm systems in
this case.

PS this patch don't include patches for allow libzvt support and source
lists handling on rpm systems, but it's assumed that theese patches
applied.

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