Debian bug report logs - #1642 , boring messages ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message sent to debian-devel@pixar.com: Subject: Bug#1642: dpkg recursive package listing doesn't do the right thing Reply-To: rdm@tad.micro.umn.edu (Raul Miller), debian-bugs@pixar.com Resent-From: rdm@tad.micro.umn.edu (Raul Miller) Resent-To: debian-devel@pixar.com Resent-Date: Wed, 11 Oct 1995 16:03:02 GMT Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk X-Debian-PR-Package: dpkg X-Debian-PR-Keywords: Received: via spool for debian-bugs; Wed, 11 Oct 1995 16:03:02 GMT Received: with rfc822 via encapsulated-mail; Wed, 11 Oct 1995 15:52:33 GMT Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0t33On-0000zDC; Wed, 11 Oct 95 08:48 PDT Received: from rdm.legislate.com ([192.77.155.13]) by pixar.com with SMTP id AA18807 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Wed, 11 Oct 1995 08:48:30 -0700 Received: by rdm.legislate.com id (Debian /\oo/\ Smail3.1.29.1 #29.33); Wed, 11 Oct 95 11:48 EDT Message-Id: Date: Wed, 11 Oct 95 11:48 EDT From: rdm@tad.micro.umn.edu (Raul Miller) To: debian-bugs@pixar.com Package: dpkg Version: 1.0.3 Say I select a package under dselect, first thing that happens is the help screen pops up. I hit space, and I get a recursive package listing, Now, how do I take advantage of this? I hit U, nothing happens, I hit d u n p N P and the bottom half of the screen doesn't do anything. Finally, I hit i several times and I get to see different kinds of info. But, how do I select the recommendations? How about if I wanted to select only a couple? -- Raul ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message sent: From: iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson) To: rdm@tad.micro.umn.edu (Raul Miller) Subject: Bug#1642: Acknowledgement (was: dpkg recursive package listing doesn't do the right thing) In-Reply-To: References: Thank you for the problem report you have sent regarding Debian GNU/Linux. This is an automatically generated reply, to let you know your message has been received. It is being forwarded to the developers' mailing list for their attention; they will reply in due course. 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Ian Jackson (maintainer, debian-bugs) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message sent to debian-devel@pixar.com: Subject: Bug#1642: dpkg recursive package listing doesn't do the right thing Reply-To: Raul Miller , debian-bugs@pixar.com Resent-From: Raul Miller Resent-To: debian-devel@pixar.com Resent-Date: Wed, 11 Oct 1995 16:48:02 GMT Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk X-Debian-PR-Package: dpkg X-Debian-PR-Keywords: Received: via spool for debian-bugs; Wed, 11 Oct 1995 16:48:02 GMT Received: with rfc822 via encapsulated-mail; Wed, 11 Oct 1995 16:47:23 GMT Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0t34G5-000DnVC; Wed, 11 Oct 95 09:43 PDT Received: from magenta.com by pixar.com with SMTP id AA22219 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Wed, 11 Oct 1995 09:43:34 -0700 Received: (moth@localhost) by magenta.com (8.6.12/8.6.4) id MAA05150; Wed, 11 Oct 1995 12:39:02 -0400 Date: Wed, 11 Oct 1995 12:39:02 -0400 Message-Id: <199510111639.MAA05150@magenta.com> From: Raul Miller To: rdm@tad.micro.umn.edu, debian-bugs@Pixar.com In-Reply-To: [I should explain this further. My initial description was less than informative.] Basically, the problem I'm describing occurs when packages are recommended that aren't available (or don't exist). There's a secondary problem that after selecting the last of the available packages the resulting display is somewhat irrelevant. There may be a tertiary problem (I tend to keep getting into a recrusive package listing for ispell when I select unrelated packages -- and when I hit return I get bounced back to the main menu), but I've not specifically isolated what's going on here. -- Raul ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message sent: From: iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson) To: Raul Miller Subject: Bug#1642: Info received (was Bug#1642: dpkg recursive package listing doesn't do the right thing) In-Reply-To: <199510111639.MAA05150@magenta.com> References: <199510111639.MAA05150@magenta.com> Thank you for the additional information you have supplied regarding this problem report. It has been forwarded to the developers to accompany the original report. If you wish to continue to submit further information on your problem, please do the same thing again: send it to debian-bugs@pixar.com, ensuring that the Subject line starts with "Bug#1642" or "Re: Bug#1642" so that we can identify it as relating to the same problem. Please do not reply to the address at the top of this message, unless you wish to report a problem with the bug-tracking system. Ian Jackson (maintainer, debian-bugs) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message sent to debian-devel@pixar.com: Subject: Bug#1642: dpkg recursive package listing doesn't do the right thing Reply-To: Ian Jackson , debian-bugs@pixar.com Resent-From: Ian Jackson Resent-To: debian-devel@pixar.com Resent-Date: Wed, 11 Oct 1995 20:03:05 GMT Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk X-Debian-PR-Package: dpkg X-Debian-PR-Keywords: Received: via spool for debian-bugs; Wed, 11 Oct 1995 20:03:05 GMT Received: with rfc822 via encapsulated-mail; Wed, 11 Oct 1995 19:50:49 GMT Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0t379R-0006FOC; Wed, 11 Oct 95 12:49 PDT Received: from bootes.cus.cam.ac.uk by pixar.com with SMTP id AA03900 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Wed, 11 Oct 1995 12:48:54 -0700 Received: by bootes.cus.cam.ac.uk (Smail-3.1.29.0 #36) id m0t36oB-000C0RC; Wed, 11 Oct 95 20:27 BST Received: by chiark id (Debian /\oo/\ Smail3.1.29.1 #29.33); Wed, 11 Oct 95 20:18 BST Message-Id: Date: Wed, 11 Oct 95 20:18 BST From: Ian Jackson To: Debian bugs submission address Raul Miller writes: > Package: dpkg > Version: 1.0.3 > > Say I select a package under dselect, first thing that happens is the > help screen pops up. I hit space, and I get a recursive package listing, > Now, how do I take advantage of this? > > I hit U, nothing happens, > > I hit d u n p N P and the bottom half of the screen doesn't do anything. > > Finally, I hit i several times and I get to see different kinds of info. > > But, how do I select the recommendations? How about if I wanted to select > only a couple? Have you read the `Introduction to conflict/dependency resolution sub-list' help screen ? It says, amongst other things: A set of `suggested' selections has been calculated, and the initial selections in this sub-list have been set to match those, so you can just hit Return to ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ accept the suggestions if you wish. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Since the default is to deselect a package which conflicts with one you've just selected this is exactly what you want. As always, I'm open to concrete suggestions for improvement of dselect's user interface. Ian. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message sent: From: iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson) To: Ian Jackson Subject: Bug#1642: Info received (was Bug#1642: dpkg recursive package listing doesn't do the right thing) In-Reply-To: References: Thank you for the additional information you have supplied regarding this problem report. It has been forwarded to the developers to accompany the original report. If you wish to continue to submit further information on your problem, please do the same thing again: send it to debian-bugs@pixar.com, ensuring that the Subject line starts with "Bug#1642" or "Re: Bug#1642" so that we can identify it as relating to the same problem. Please do not reply to the address at the top of this message, unless you wish to report a problem with the bug-tracking system. Ian Jackson (maintainer, debian-bugs) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message sent to debian-devel@pixar.com: Subject: Bug#1642: dpkg recursive package listing doesn't do the right thing Reply-To: Ian Jackson , debian-bugs@pixar.com Resent-From: Ian Jackson Resent-To: debian-devel@pixar.com Resent-Date: Wed, 11 Oct 1995 20:03:08 GMT Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk X-Debian-PR-Package: dpkg X-Debian-PR-Keywords: Received: via spool for debian-bugs; Wed, 11 Oct 1995 20:03:08 GMT Received: with rfc822 via encapsulated-mail; Wed, 11 Oct 1995 19:51:19 GMT Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0t379e-0006FOC; Wed, 11 Oct 95 12:49 PDT Received: from bootes.cus.cam.ac.uk by pixar.com with SMTP id AA03906 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Wed, 11 Oct 1995 12:49:06 -0700 Received: by bootes.cus.cam.ac.uk (Smail-3.1.29.0 #36) id m0t36oC-000C0GC; Wed, 11 Oct 95 20:27 BST Received: by chiark id (Debian /\oo/\ Smail3.1.29.1 #29.33); Wed, 11 Oct 95 20:20 BST Message-Id: Date: Wed, 11 Oct 95 20:20 BST From: Ian Jackson To: debian-bugs@pixar.com Raul Miller writes: > [I should explain this further. My initial description was less than > informative.] > > Basically, the problem I'm describing occurs when packages are > recommended that aren't available (or don't exist). Ah. What would you like dselect to do ? Perhaps it should put a little notice in the conflicts/dependencies info saying `package foo is not available'. Then you could hit X to abort the change you made to start with. > There's a secondary problem that after selecting the last of the > available packages the resulting display is somewhat irrelevant. Huh ? I'm confused. There is a bug in 1.0.3 that prevents the last line of the package listing from being displayed - could that have something to do with it ? > There may be a tertiary problem (I tend to keep getting into a > recrusive package listing for ispell when I select unrelated packages > -- and when I hit return I get bounced back to the main menu), but > I've not specifically isolated what's going on here. Hmm. If you send me transcripts I'll interpret them for you :-). Ian. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message sent: From: iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson) To: Ian Jackson Subject: Bug#1642: Info received (was Bug#1642: dpkg recursive package listing doesn't do the right thing) In-Reply-To: References: Thank you for the additional information you have supplied regarding this problem report. It has been forwarded to the developers to accompany the original report. If you wish to continue to submit further information on your problem, please do the same thing again: send it to debian-bugs@pixar.com, ensuring that the Subject line starts with "Bug#1642" or "Re: Bug#1642" so that we can identify it as relating to the same problem. Please do not reply to the address at the top of this message, unless you wish to report a problem with the bug-tracking system. 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