Subject: Bad "Packages" packages

From: "Brian C. White" <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 03 Jun 1996 11:52:39 -0400

The following packages are missing the "Section:" field within the
"Packages" file.  This should probably be fixed before the public
release of Debian 1.1 as it affects "dftp".

unstable/binary-i386/graphics/aout-svgalib-1.28-6.deb
unstable/binary-i386/x11/aXe-6.1.2-2.deb
unstable/binary-i386/tex/bibtool-2.33-1.deb
unstable/binary-i386/misc/bsdmainutils-3.0-0.deb
unstable/binary-i386/news/cnews-cr.g-1.deb
unstable/binary-i386/misc/color-ls-3.12-3.deb
unstable/binary-i386/shells/csh-5.26-1.deb
unstable/binary-i386/x11/fvwm2-2.0.42-BETA-0.deb
unstable/binary-i386/misc/hfsutils-1.11b-1.deb
unstable/binary-i386/devel/ilu-2.0.0.6-1.deb
unstable/binary-i386/news/inews-2.1-1.deb
unstable/binary-i386/net/ipx-1.0-1.deb
unstable/binary-i386/devel/libg++27-2.7.1-2.deb
unstable/binary-i386/graphics/libgr-2.0.5-3.deb
unstable/binary-i386/graphics/libjpeg6a-6a-1.deb
unstable/binary-i386/graphics/libjpeg6a-dev-6a-1.deb
unstable/binary-i386/devel/libobjects-0.1.19-1.deb
unstable/binary-i386/misc/lsof-3.61-1.deb
unstable/binary-i386/admin/mdutils-0.34-1.deb
unstable/binary-i386/base/modconf-0.1.0-0.deb
unstable/binary-i386/games/nethack-3.1.3-2.deb
unstable/binary-i386/misc/news-0.8-2.deb
unstable/binary-i386/news/nntp-1.5.11t5-1.deb
unstable/binary-i386/misc/open-1.3-2.deb
unstable/binary-i386/math/paridoc-1.39.03-4.deb
unstable/binary-i386/misc/pc532down-1.1-1.deb
unstable/binary-i386/math/pgapack-1.0-3.deb
unstable/binary-i386/net/scotty-2.0.2-1.deb
unstable/binary-i386/misc/seesat5-0.90-1.deb
unstable/binary-i386/math/spline-1.0-2.deb
unstable/binary-i386/graphics/svgalib1-1.28-6.deb
unstable/binary-i386/graphics/svgalib1-bin-1.28-6.deb
unstable/binary-i386/devel/svgalib1-dev-1.28-6.deb
unstable/binary-i386/net/tkined-1.3.4-1.deb
unstable/binary-i386/comm/uutraf-1.0-3.deb
unstable/binary-i386/text/vgrind-5.7-2.deb
unstable/binary-i386/misc/vlock-0.8-3.deb
unstable/binary-i386/text/weblint-1.014-2.deb
unstable/binary-i386/electronics/x10-1.03-1.deb
unstable/binary-i386/editors/xcoral-2.5-1.deb
unstable/binary-i386/editors/xcoral-doc-2.5-1.deb
unstable/binary-i386/text/xless-1.7-1.deb
unstable/binary-i386/net/xntp-doc-3.5c-1.deb
unstable/binary-i386/x11/xpaint-2.1.1-1.deb
unstable/binary-i386/x11/xpaste-1.1-1.deb
unstable/binary-i386/comm/xringd-1.00-1.deb
unstable/binary-i386/net/zircon-1.16p1beta63-1.deb

                                        Brian
                               ( [email-masked] )

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From: Mark Eichin <[email-masked]>
Date: 03 Jun 1996 16:21:16 -0400

> unstable/binary-i386/x11/xpaint-2.1.1-1.deb

Just to make sure I understand - the section field is just a part of
the packages file, ie. distributor-maintained, not package-owner
maintained?

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From: "Brian C. White" <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 03 Jun 1996 18:07:52 -0400

> the packages file, ie. distributor-maintained, not package-owner

Correct.

                                        Brian
                               ( [email-masked] )

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From: Ian Jackson <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 4 Jun 96 14:27 BST

> the packages file, ie. distributor-maintained, not package-owner

More or less, but I'm discussing this with Guy at the moment.  It's
likely that there will be a new policy announced shortly.

Ian.