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authorGuillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>2019-03-04 23:00:18 +0100
committerGuillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>2019-11-26 02:42:44 +0100
commit956272322b1a54a4fc8c539ac4000add8dfb6007 (patch)
tree192a240f71a0c741eace5d6853e1f0f39a15166f /debian
parent5aae5e10375d5956d639eaf23a49b842bf109b17 (diff)
downloaddpkg-956272322b1a54a4fc8c539ac4000add8dfb6007.tar.gz
dpkg-query: Try to use the description from the available file if not installed
When we have been requested to load the available file, and that contains a description for a package that is not installed, we should use that instead of printing the confusing string stating that the description is not available. Closes: #43573
Diffstat (limited to 'debian')
-rw-r--r--debian/changelog2
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diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index b66d3c00f..2fa7c28f6 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ dpkg (1.20.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
* libdpkg, dpkg: Use new versiondescribe_c() for non-localizable call sites,
such as when writing to a log, which should not be localized.
Reported by Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>.
+ * dpkg-query: Try to use the package synopsis from the available file if
+ not installed. Closes: #43573
* Perl modules:
- Dpkg::Source::Package: Verify original tarball signatures at build time.
- Dpkg::BuildFlags: Add new unset() method.