Synaptic does not generate download script

[Mark Onderhil]

Binary package hint: synaptic

Hi,

Not sure wheter to file it here or at the forums, I somewhat duplicate my question there:
while searching for "generate installscript synaptic ubuntu missing" in Ubuntu forums I came across the msg

[QUOTE=Irihapeti;3363208]There's an option in Synaptic to create a package download script for the files you want to install. Although the script wouldn't run on a Windows machine (as far as I know), it does give you a list of URLs which you could then feed into a download manager.[/QUOTE]

An then, filing a bug from the Help button in Synaptic - I found this on the wishlist,

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/synaptic/+bug/33065

though I think the wish is already granted, as I can press the button under File>Generate package download script, after
ctrl-A on all Status=Installed packages

but then, it's just that it does almost nothing - only generates "#!/bin/sh" - where I expected all my installed packages to appear.
Is this a bug or don't I have a necessary package installed?

Running Ubuntu 7.10, Synaptic 0.60ubuntu5 -- do you need more info?

Thanks,
Mark

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Nov 28 13:04:51 2007
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 7.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/sbin/synaptic
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: synaptic 0.60ubuntu5
PackageArchitecture: i386
ProcCmdline: /usr/sbin/synaptic
ProcCwd: /home/moem
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SourcePackage: synaptic
Uname: Linux Jabberwock 2.6.22-14-386 #1 Sun Oct 14 22:36:54 GMT 2007 i686 GNU/Linux

[Koen (koen-beek)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better.
This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 162185, so it is being marked as such.
Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug.
Additionally any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find.

[Mark Onderhil (onderhil)]

Dear Koen,
Youŕe right. The desired behaviour is well written out by nitrofurano and
Andrew Frank.
Thanks for pointing me in that direction. By now I make do with a
concatenated file of installscripts.
Mark Onderhil

2008/1/20, Koen Beek <email address hidden>:
>
> *** This bug is a duplicate of bug 162185 ***
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/162185
>
> Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make
> Ubuntu better.
> This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug
> 162185, so it is being marked as such.
> Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing
> information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the
> bug.
> Additionally any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the
> other report. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find.
>
> ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 162185
> import/export installed packages list
>
> --
> Synaptic does not generate download script
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/172560
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