man-db cron job returns dpkg-query errors about version strings
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| man-db (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Low
|
Colin Watson | ||
Bug Description
Binary package hint: man-db
I have apt sources where the Version string for packages starts with a letter. As a result I get a daily email from cron on each server containing multiple lines that look like:
dpkg-query: warning: parsing file '/var/lib/
error in Version string 'example-
Which is the stderr output of the command "dpkg-query -W -f '${Version}' dpkg"
The naming of the packages is not withing my control, and indeed the Debian policy manual suggests that upstream_version strings starting with non-digit alphanumerics is valid.
I would suggest that stderr from dpkg-query be supressed for the query on the cron job
"dpkg-query -W -f '${Version}' dpkg 2>/dev/null"
If you feel this is an error of dpkg-query rather than man-db, please reassign to dpkg.
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Version: 2.5.9-4
Related branches
| Lee Maguire (leemaguire) wrote | #1 |
| Colin Watson (cjwatson) wrote | #2 |
| Changed in man-db (Ubuntu): | |
| assignee: | nobody → Colin Watson (cjwatson) |
| importance: | Undecided → Low |
| status: | New → Fix Committed |
| Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote | #3 |
| Changed in man-db (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | Fix Committed → Fix Released |
Just to add the note: the debian policy notes the version "should start with a digit" (rather than "must") so it's a valid warning from dpkg-query.