Debian Bug report logs - #676642
apt-file -a source does not search root level file

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

From: Mathieu Malaterre <malat@debian.org>

To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>

Subject: apt-file -a source does not search root level file

Date: Fri, 08 Jun 2012 14:22:24 +0200

Package: apt-file
Version: 2.5.1
Severity: important


For some reason apt-file -a source search does not search for file at the root level of package. Eg:

$ sudo apt-file -a source search tlmstr.f                                                                                                                        
minpack: /ex/tlmstr.f

However:

$ sudo apt-file -a source search qform.f                                                                                                                     
python-scipy: /scipy/optimize/minpack/qform.f
scilab: /modules/optimization/src/fortran/minpack/qform.f

While clearly:

$ apt-get source minpack
$ cd minpack-19961126+dfsg1/
$ find . -name qform.f
./qform.f



-- System Information:
Debian Release: 6.0.5
  APT prefers stable-updates
  APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable'), (200, 'testing'), (100, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-0.bpo.2-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages apt-file depends on:
ii  curl                 7.21.0-2.1+squeeze2 Get a file from an HTTP, HTTPS or 
ii  libapt-pkg-perl      0.1.24+b1           Perl interface to libapt-pkg
ii  libconfig-file-perl  1.50-2              Parses simple configuration files
ii  liblist-moreutils-pe 0.25~02-1           Perl module with additional list f
ii  libregexp-assemble-p 0.34-3              Assemble multiple Regular Expressi
ii  perl                 5.10.1-17squeeze3   Larry Wall's Practical Extraction 
ii  perl-modules [libfil 5.10.1-17squeeze3   Core Perl modules

Versions of packages apt-file recommends:
ii  python                  2.6.6-3+squeeze7 interactive high-level object-orie

Versions of packages apt-file suggests:
ii  openssh-client       1:5.5p1-6+squeeze2  secure shell (SSH) client, for sec
ii  sudo                 1.7.4p4-2.squeeze.3 Provide limited super user privile

-- no debconf information

Message #10 received at 676642@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Paul Wise <pabs@debian.org>

To: 676642@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: apt-file -a source does not search root level file

Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2016 14:34:55 +0800

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On Fri, 08 Jun 2012 14:22:24 +0200 Mathieu Malaterre wrote:

> For some reason apt-file -a source search does not search for file at
> the root level of package.

According to Neils Thykier:

This is because some but not all Contents files have a header that
apt-file needs to throw away. The method used to remove the header in
apt-file is that there should be no spaces before the first / (as all
known root folders don't have spaces). This fails horribly for files in
the top-level of source packages.

An alternative and maybe more reliable method of stripping the header
in apt-file might be to simply hard-code the known headers:

sed '/^This file maps each file available/,/^FILE *LOCATION$/d'

This matches the header used in both Debian and Ubuntu.
The reprepro tool appears to not generate any header.

I've proposed to remove the header from the Debian repo in #841997 but .

-- 
bye,
pabs

https://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise

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Message #17 received at 676642-close@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>

To: 676642-close@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Bug#676642: fixed in apt-file 3.1.2

Date: Sat, 05 Nov 2016 16:03:33 +0000

Source: apt-file
Source-Version: 3.1.2

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
apt-file, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.

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 676642@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net> (supplier of updated apt-file package)

(This message was generated automatically at their request; if you
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Format: 1.8
Date: Sat, 05 Nov 2016 15:54:12 +0000
Source: apt-file
Binary: apt-file
Architecture: source
Version: 3.1.2
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: APT Development Team <deity@lists.debian.org>
Changed-By: Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>
Description:
 apt-file   - search for files within Debian packages (command-line interface)
Closes: 676642 843122
Changes:
 apt-file (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=medium
 .
   [ Niels Thykier ]
   * apt-file: Strip Contents header without discarding results (Closes: #676642)
   * apt-file: Restructure --help output.
   * apt-file: Support --filter-suites and --filter-origins options.  These
     make it possible to only search in (e.g.) Debian/unstable even if
     other origins or/and suites are downloaded.
   * apt-file.1: Clarify that --config-file and --option can be used to
     overwrite other command line parameters.
 .
   [ Paul Wise ]
   * Make the package filter regex match the sectionless Contents-source format
   * Strip the Contents header from the sid cache in the tests
 .
   [ Time Potter ]
   * Fix typo in apt-file manpage.  (Closes: #843122)
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