remove from repository

[Marcin Juszkiewicz]

x-loader-omap4 is not used anymore but is present in repository - maybe it is time to get rid of it?

dpkg: warning: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/available' near line 37350 package 'x-loader-omap4':
 error in Version string 'L24.9git20100901-0ubuntu5': version number does not start with digit
---
Architecture: armel
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: dpkg 1.16.0.3ubuntu3
PackageArchitecture: armel
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=pl_PL.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-1208.11-omap4 2.6.38.2
Tags: oneiric ubuntu-une
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-1208-omap4 armv7l
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare

[Adam Conrad (adconrad)]

x-loader-omap4 is only present in Maverick, not in recent/current releases, and we don't tend to remove packages from old releases.

[Marcin Juszkiewicz (hrw)]

11:04 < hrw> fun is that I have this message on oneiric
11:05 < hrw> once it will finish upgrade I will sent apport-collect
11:05 < infinity> hrw: Which means you have/had the package installed at one point, and now dpkg has gotten grumpy about the stanza...
11:06 < infinity> hrw: Perhaps worth filing a bug against dpkg for suddenly being irked by version numbers that it used to let slide.
11:06 < hrw> un x-loader-omap4 <none> (no description available)
11:06 < hrw> ii x-loader-omap4-panda 1.5.0+git20110325+b6bbfe7-1ubuntu1 Board initialization helper for TI OMAP 4 Panda boards
11:06 < infinity> hrw: Yes, note the "had"... The stanza is in there because you used to have it installed, I assume.

hrw@panda:~$ LC_ALL=C dpkg -l x-loader*
dpkg-query: warning: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/available' near line 37484 package 'x-loader-omap4':
 error in Version string 'L24.9git20100901-0ubuntu5': version number does not start with digit
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name Version Description
+++-==================================-==================================-====================================================================================
un x-loader-omap4 <none> (no description available)
ii x-loader-omap4-panda 1.5.0+git20110325+b6bbfe7-1ubuntu1 Board initialization helper for TI OMAP 4 Panda boards
hrw@panda:~$ cat /etc/apt/sources.list.d/*
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/chromium-daily/ppa/ubuntu oneiric main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/chromium-daily/ppa/ubuntu oneiric main
deb file:///home/hrw/public_html/natty/ ./
deb file:///home/hrw/public_html/natty/ ./
deb http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports oneiric main universe multiverse
deb-src http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports oneiric main universe
deb http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports oneiric main universe multiverse
deb-src http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports oneiric main universe
hrw@panda:~$ LC_ALL=C apt-cache policy x-loader-omap4
N: Unable to locate package x-loader-omap4

/var/lib/dpkg/available has:

Package: x-loader-omap4
Priority: optional
Section: misc
Installed-Size: 84
Maintainer: Oliver Grawert <email address hidden>
Architecture: armel
Version: L24.9git20100901-0ubuntu5
Size: 16658
Description: Board initialization helper for TI OMAP4 CPUs
 TI x-loader initializes OMAP4 based boards to get the hardware
 to a stage where it is possible to load and initialize a
 bootloader (i.e. the commonly used u-boot)

[Marcin Juszkiewicz (hrw)]

apport information

[Adam Conrad (adconrad)]

I didn't even notice when you first pasted this in IRC that it's a warning, not an error. So, yeah, I don't suspect this is bug-worthy in dpkg either, it's just expected behaviour for it to yell about bad version numbers.

Cleaning out your crufty dpkg available file with "dpkg --forget-old-unavail" should make it stop whining.

[Marcin Juszkiewicz (hrw)]

hrw@panda:~$ LC_ALL=C dpkg --forget-old-unavail
dpkg: warning: obsolete '--forget-old-unavail' option, unavailable packages are automatically cleaned up.

anyway I will live with it or will remove it by hand one day

[Adam Conrad (adconrad)]

(As noted on IRC, but for others stumbling on this, "dpkg --clear-avail" should make the warnings go away)