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apt-cache show apt:i386 does not include the long description

Bug #868977 reported by Michael Vogt on 2011-10-06

This bug affects 1 person

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	apt (Ubuntu)	Fix Released	Medium	Unassigned

Bug Description

On a amd64 multiarch system the following command shows the full description as expected:
$ apt-cache show apt
but
$ apt-cache show apt:i386
does only show the summary.

Related branches

lp://staging/~donkult/apt/experimental (Merged)

lp://staging/~ubuntu-core-dev/apt/ubuntu

lp://staging/debian/experimental/apt

lp://staging/ubuntu/precise/apt

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Michael Vogt (mvo) wrote on 2011-10-06:

Proof of conecpt fix Edit (1.5 KiB, text/plain)

The issue is that in MergeList for indexes without a architecture (like the Translations index) for Arch the main architecture is returned. So when the translated descriptions are added they will only be added for the main arch instead of for all arches.

Attached is a small fix for this but it needs some work as it makes the diff (with proper indent) pretty big and this is also a
good opportunity to simply this loop.

Michael Vogt (mvo) on 2011-10-06

Changed in apt (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Triaged
importance:	Undecided → Medium

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Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot (crichton) wrote on 2011-10-06:

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tags:

added: patch

Julian Andres Klode (juliank) on 2011-10-06

tags:

removed: patch

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2011-10-19:

This bug was fixed in the package apt - 0.8.16~exp5ubuntu14

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apt (0.8.16~exp5ubuntu14) precise; urgency=low

  [ David Kalnischkies ]
  * apt-pkg/pkgcachegen.cc:
    - refactor MergeList by creating -Group, -Package and -Version specialist
    - share description list between "same" versions (LP: #868977)
      This also means that descriptions are shared across archives now.
  * apt-pkg/pkgcache.cc:
    - always prefer "en" over "" for "en"-language regardless of cache-order
      (LP: #868977)
-- Michael Vogt <email address hidden> Wed, 19 Oct 2011 16:22:31 +0200