Translations of packages descriptions disappears from one version to another
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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Package Descriptions for Ubuntu |
New
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Ubuntu Translations |
New
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Ubuntu |
New
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
With the latest Firefox updates in Ubuntu 11.04, I've realized that the translations of packages descriptions disappeared from the old version to the new one.
$ apt-cache show firefox=
Description-es: Navegador seguro y sencillo de Mozilla
Firefox brinda seguridad, facilidad al navegar por la web. Una interfaz de
usuario familiar, características de seguridad mejoradas incluyendo
protección del robo de identidad en linea y búsqueda integrada que te
permite sacarle todo le jugo a la web.
$ apt-cache show firefox=
Description: Safe and easy web browser from Mozilla
Firefox delivers safe, easy web browsing. A familiar user interface,
enhanced security features including protection from online identity theft,
and integrated search let you get the most out of the web.
I think the problem is the lack of Translation-* files:
$ sudo apt-get update
[...]
Ign http://
Ign http://
Ign http://
Ign http://
Obj http://
Obj http://
Obj http://
Obj http://
Ign http://
Ign http://
Ign http://
Ign http://
Ign http://
Ign http://
Ign http://
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Ign http://
Ign http://
Ign http://
Ign http://
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Ign http://
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Ign http://
Ign http://
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Ign http://
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Ign http://
Ign http://
Ign http://
Ign http://
[...]
(The rest are "Ign" lines.)
Checking into archive.ubuntu.com, I can see the following directories do exists:
ftp://archive.
ftp://archive.
ftp://archive.
ftp://archive.
However, the following directories doesn't exists:
ftp://archive.
ftp://archive.
ftp://archive.
ftp://archive.
ftp://archive.
ftp://archive.
ftp://archive.
ftp://archive.
So it seems to be a lack of Translation-* files and /i18n/ directories in the repositories, so therefore all the packages in natty-updates and natty-security has no translations of their descriptions.
A quick & dirty workaround which works, but I don't know if there could be any potential side-effect:
$ sudo cp /var/lib/ apt/lists/ archive. ubuntu. com_ubuntu_ dists_natty_ main_i18n_ Translation- es /var/lib/ apt/lists/ archive. ubuntu. com_ubuntu_ dists_natty- security_ main_i18n_ Translation- es