Package Descriptions for Ubuntu

Incorrect Translation-xx file request for three letter langcode

Bug #391409 reported by Xuacu Saturio on 2009-06-24

This bug affects 4 people

	Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
APT	Fix Released	Unknown	debbugs #448216
Package Descriptions for Ubuntu	Invalid	Undecided	Unassigned
apt (Ubuntu)	Fix Released	Medium	Michael Vogt	Ubuntu ubuntu-10.04-beta-1
Lucid	Fix Released	Medium	Michael Vogt	Ubuntu ubuntu-10.04-beta-1

Bug Description

Hi
I've noticed that when updating package lists, both Synaptic and apt-get are trying to download a "Translation-as" file from repositories.

The problem is that for my language (Asturian) it should be "Translation-ast". Perhaps it's a matter of a package accepting only iso-639-1 (two letter) language codes instead of iso-639-2 or iso-639-3 (three letters)

For now, that hasn't much impact on my computer (other than having package descriptions in English); but that may change in case there is an actual "Translation-as" file in the repositories.

The question is: Which package is generating Translation-xx files? Is there a way to change it to Translation-xxx?

Thank you.

=== Update while creating bug report ===

xuacu@nuberu:~$ echo $LANG
ast_ES.UTF-8

Trying < APT::Acquire::Translation "ast"; > in apt conffiles produces the following error with «apt-get update»:
W: Wrong language code ast

Trying < APT::Acquire::Translation "none"; > gives no error, other than not getting the translated descriptions.

Source code is too much for me, but as far as I can see it's a matter of taking the first three letters for the Translation-xxx file except when the third letter is an underscore. Or, perhaps, to allow more letters to get different package descriptions for, say, «en» and «en_GB»

Thank you.

Related branches

lp:~mvo/apt/mvo

Merged into lp:~pitti/apt/compressed-indexes at revision 2036

Ubuntu Core Development Team: Pending requested 2010-10-13

Merged into lp:~ubuntu-core-dev/apt/ubuntu at revision 1810

Ubuntu Core Development Team: Pending requested 2010-10-13

lp:~ubuntu-core-dev/apt/ubuntu

lp:ubuntu/lucid/apt

Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater) on 2009-06-24

Changed in apt:
status:	Unknown → New

costales (costales) on 2009-10-30

Changed in ddtp-ubuntu:
status:	New → Invalid

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costales (costales) wrote on 2009-11-02:

ast_lang_example.png Edit (92.2 KiB, image/png)

Hi!
This bug persist in Ubuntu 9.10.
I attachment 2 images (in US Language = OK and AST Language = WRONG) where you can see the problem.
Regards.

Changed in ddtp-ubuntu:
status:	Invalid → New

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costales (costales) wrote on 2009-11-02:

us_lang_example.png Edit (90.9 KiB, image/png)

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ivarela (ivarela) wrote on 2009-11-06:

Log file of apt-get update when using Fur language Edit (2.1 KiB, text/plain)

Hey guys, I think that this bug affects to all languages with three code letters. Example: ast (Asturian) , fur (Friulian language) and others.

I can confirm this bug with "Friulian" (fur) language. Apt-get only take the two first letters (fu)

Try this command:

sudo apt-get update|tee file.txt

Regards.

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ivarela (ivarela) wrote on 2009-11-06:

Of course, it also affects to "Aptitude" package... ;)

Michael Vogt (mvo) on 2010-02-08

Changed in apt (Ubuntu Lucid):
milestone:	none → ubuntu-10.04-beta-1
status:	New → Confirmed
importance:	Undecided → Medium

Michael Vogt (mvo) on 2010-03-12

Changed in apt (Ubuntu Lucid):
assignee:	nobody → Michael Vogt (mvo)
status:	Confirmed → Fix Committed

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2010-03-15:

This bug was fixed in the package apt - 0.7.25.3ubuntu2

---------------
apt (0.7.25.3ubuntu2) lucid; urgency=low

  [ Michael Vogt ]
  * abicheck/
    - add new abitest tester using the ABI Compliance Checker from
      http://ispras.linuxfoundation.org/index.php/ABI_compliance_checker
  * debian/apt.conf.autoremove:
    - add "oldlibs" to the APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections as its used
      for transitional packages
  * apt-pkg/deb/dpkgpm.cc:
    - fix backgrounding when dpkg runs (closes: #486222)
  * cmdline/apt-mark:
    - show error on incorrect aguments (LP: #517917), thanks to
      Torsten Spindler
  * cmdline/apt-get.cc:
    - if apt-get source foo=version or foo/distro can not be found,
      error out (LP: #502641)
  * apt-pkg/indexfile.cc:
    - deal correctly with three letter langcodes (LP: #391409)
  * debian/apt.cron.daily:
    - do not look into admin users gconf anymore for the http proxy
      the user now needs to use the "Apply system-wide" UI in the
      gnome-control-center to set it
  * debian/apt.postinst:
    - add set_apt_proxy_from_gconf() and run that once on upgrade if
      there is no proxy configured already system-wide (LP: #432631)
      From that point on gnome-control-center will have to warn if
      the user makes changes to the proxy settings and does not apply
      them system wide

  [ Robert Collins ]
  * Change the package index Info methods to allow apt-cache policy to be
    useful when using several different archives on the same host.
    (Closes: #329814, LP: #22354)
-- Michael Vogt <email address hidden> Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:10:52 +0100

Changed in apt (Ubuntu Lucid):
status:	Fix Committed → Fix Released

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costales (costales) wrote on 2010-03-18:

Hi! I can confirm that this bug is fixed in Ubuntu 10.04 alpha3 for the Asturian language :D
Thanks very much!!!!! Great work!

Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater) on 2010-03-31

Changed in apt:
status:	New → Fix Released

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Pascal De Vuyst (pascal-devuyst) wrote on 2010-04-04:

Closing ddtp-ubuntu task.

Changed in ddtp-ubuntu:
status:	New → Invalid

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