Debian Bug report logs - #506663
[debi] option to only upgrade already-installed packages

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Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>

To: submit@bugs.debian.org

Subject: [debi] option to only upgrade already-installed packages

Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2008 14:22:29 +0000

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Package: devscripts
Version: 2.10.41
Severity: wishlist
Tags: patch

For complex multi-binary packages, I don't always want to install all
the binaries when testing my latest build. For example, ssh-krb5 is a
transitional package that rarely changes and that I don't need to have
installed myself, but I want to test the rest of openssh. Until now I've
just used 'dpkg -l' to remind myself of which binaries I have installed
and then used 'sudo dpkg -i' to install them by hand, but it would be
nice if debi could work that out for me.

The attached patch adds a new option, --upgrade, that uses dpkg-query to
figure out which packages are half-installed or better, and installs
only those.

Thanks,

-- 
Colin Watson                                       [cjwatson@debian.org]

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Message #10 received at 506663@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: "Adam D. Barratt" <adam@adam-barratt.org.uk>

To: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>, 506663@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#506663: [debi] option to only upgrade already-installed packages

Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2008 19:52:34 +0000

On Sun, 2008-11-23 at 14:22 +0000, Colin Watson wrote:
> The attached patch adds a new option, --upgrade, that uses dpkg-query to
> figure out which packages are half-installed or better, and installs
> only those.

Thanks; I've committed the patch to svn.

Regards,

Adam

Message #17 received at 506663-close@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: adam@adam-barratt.org.uk (Adam D. Barratt)

To: 506663-close@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Bug#506663: fixed in devscripts 2.10.42

Date: Sun, 07 Dec 2008 17:17:03 +0000

Source: devscripts
Source-Version: 2.10.42

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
devscripts, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive:

devscripts_2.10.42.dsc
  to pool/main/d/devscripts/devscripts_2.10.42.dsc
devscripts_2.10.42.tar.gz
  to pool/main/d/devscripts/devscripts_2.10.42.tar.gz
devscripts_2.10.42_amd64.deb
  to pool/main/d/devscripts/devscripts_2.10.42_amd64.deb



A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 506663@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Adam D. Barratt <adam@adam-barratt.org.uk> (supplier of updated devscripts package)

(This message was generated automatically at their request; if you
believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive
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Date: Sun, 07 Dec 2008 17:04:52 +0000
Source: devscripts
Binary: devscripts
Architecture: source amd64
Version: 2.10.42
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Devscripts Devel Team <pkg-devscripts@teams.debian.net>
Changed-By: Adam D. Barratt <adam@adam-barratt.org.uk>
Description: 
 devscripts - scripts to make the life of a Debian Package maintainer easier
Closes: 506663 506975 507479 507482 507672
Changes: 
 devscripts (2.10.42) unstable; urgency=low
 .
   [ Adam D. Barratt ]
   * checkbashisms: Fix a variable redeclaration warning. Thanks,
     Neutron Soutmun. (Closes: #506975)
   * cvs-deb{i,release}: Use mktemp rather than a temporary directory
     name based on the process ID.
   * debi: Add an "upgrade" option indicating that only those packages
     already installed on the system should be installed, rather than
     all packages listed in the .changes file. Thanks, Colin Watson.
     (Closes: #506663)
   * debsign:
     + Use mktemp rather than a temporary directory name based on the
       process ID. (Closes: #507482)
     + Use temporary files rather than redirecting gpg's stdin and stdout,
       enabling the use of pinentry-gtk2. (Closes: #507479)
   * uscan:
     + Remove the downloads.sourceforge.net example from the manpage.
       It no longer works due to changes in the website structure. Thanks,
       Alexander Block.
     + Be more intelligent with redirects and relative filenames. This should
       help in situations where the watchfile contains http://example.com/foo
       which is a redirect to http://example.com/foo/, with the latter
       containing relative filenames.
   * uupdate: Use mktemp rather than a temporary directory name based on
     the process ID.
 .
   [ Christoph Berg ]
   * rmadison: Add debug.debian.net.
 .
   [ Patrick Schoenfeld ]
   * dget: Fix misspelt wget option (should be --no-cache instead of
     --no-chache) (Closes: #507672)
 .
   [ James Vega ]
   * debcheckout: Use B<> and I<> to denote the different options sections
     instead of =head2/=head3 since the latter cause pod2usage not to display
     any options when running debcheckout -h.
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Message #22 received at 506663@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>

To: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>, 506663@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#506663: [debi] option to only upgrade already-installed packages

Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2008 04:02:29 +0200

Hi,

On Sun, 2008-11-23 at 14:22:29 +0000, Colin Watson wrote:
> Package: devscripts
> Version: 2.10.41
> Severity: wishlist
> Tags: patch

> For complex multi-binary packages, I don't always want to install all
> the binaries when testing my latest build. For example, ssh-krb5 is a
> transitional package that rarely changes and that I don't need to have
> installed myself, but I want to test the rest of openssh. Until now I've
> just used 'dpkg -l' to remind myself of which binaries I have installed
> and then used 'sudo dpkg -i' to install them by hand, but it would be
> nice if debi could work that out for me.

You could use 'dpkg -iO' in that case.

> The attached patch adds a new option, --upgrade, that uses dpkg-query to
> figure out which packages are half-installed or better, and installs
> only those.

I guess the patch could also be greatly simplified that way.

regards,
guillem

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