dpkg-scanpackage omits Date: field

qriopeur · 04-30-2009, 08:48 PM

Hi all,

According to debian-policy manual section 5.6.15
there is a "Date" field in Debian control file. But
I am using version:
Debian dpkg-scanpackages version 1.14.5ubuntu12.

It don't scan the "Date" field, is this a bug or something
it is working on?

Thanks.

AlucardZero · 05-01-2009, 05:49 PM

What operating system are you running? What are you expecting to happen and what is failing?

qriopeur · 05-04-2009, 02:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AlucardZero

What operating system are you running? What are you expecting to happen and what is failing?

in control file if I have a Date: field.

Code:

Package: test
Date: Mon May  4 12:02:20 PDT 2009
.....

after:

Code:

dpkg-scanpackages -m . /dev/null | gzip -9c > Packages.gz

inside Packages.gz,
I only see

Code:

Package: test
.....

The Date: field is not included in Packages.gz

AlucardZero · 05-04-2009, 03:36 PM

What operating system are you running?

qriopeur · 05-04-2009, 04:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AlucardZero

What operating system are you running?

Hi AlucardZero, I am using ubuntu 7.10 with dpkg-scanpackages running on version 1.14.5ubuntu12

AlucardZero · 05-04-2009, 05:30 PM

No wonder I couldn't find that version in Debian! Ubuntu 7.10 is no longer supported, you might try 8.04 (LTS) or 9.04 (just released). Do you know if a later version works?

qriopeur · 05-04-2009, 08:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AlucardZero

No wonder I couldn't find that version in Debian! Ubuntu 7.10 is no longer supported, you might try 8.04 (LTS) or 9.04 (just released). Do you know if a later version works?

Running 8.04

Code:

$dpkg-scanpackages --version
Debian dpkg-scanpackages version 1.14.16.6ubuntu1.

It has the same problem.

oʌǝɹ · 05-05-2009, 05:41 AM

There is no Date field in Packages.gz, what you see is normal

AlucardZero · 05-05-2009, 07:28 AM

The lack of version 1.14.5ubuntu12 here led me to believe that you were running 7.10.

archtoad6 · 06-08-2009, 09:30 AM

Any idea why http://packages.debian.org/search?ke...kg-scanpackage gives: "Sorry, your search gave no results"?

AlucardZero · 06-08-2009, 09:54 AM

It's in dpkg-dev, and has an "s" at the end.

archtoad6 · 06-08-2009, 10:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AlucardZero

It's in dpkg-dev, and has an "s" at the end.

In other words, I should have notices the 's' in almost every instance of "dpkg-scanpackages" except the thread title.

Also, I needed a "package contents" search, rather that the original "package names" search.