Wrong package description

[Alexander]

Binary package hint: gkrellmapcupsd

Wrong: gkrellm plugin displaying the current processor speed
Right: gkrellm plugin displaying the information about your UPS controlled by
apcupsd

[Vallery Lancey (muscovy)]

What version are you running? The description is correct in 10.04.

[Alexander (lxandr)]

$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS
Release: 10.04
Codename: lucid

# apt-cache showpkg gkrellmapcupsd
Package: gkrellmapcupsd
Versions:
0.02 (/var/lib/apt/lists/pl.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_lucid_universe_binary-amd64_Packages) (/var/lib/dpkg/status)
 Description Language:
                 File: /var/lib/apt/lists/pl.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_lucid_universe_binary-amd64_Packages
                  MD5: 603c04fa3fa42b8c1f5e386821cd82c1

Reverse Depends:
Dependencies:
0.02 - libc6 (2 2.3.4-1) gkrellm (2 2.1.4)
Provides:
0.02 -
Reverse Provides:

> The description is correct in 10.04.
Strange.
I've checked this in aptitude and synaptic.
In "description" row is written:

"gkrellm plugin displaying the current processor speed
This gkrellm plugin shows information about your UPS controlled by apcupsd. apcupsd.status must be enabled and STATTIME should be set to a low value."
So, the first line of description is incorrect.

[Vallery Lancey (muscovy)]

My apologies, I see you're right.

[braulioareis (braulioareis)]

tested gkrellmapcupsd

[C de-Avillez (hggdh2)]

Resetting Status, need to check with muscovy about assignment.

[Bela Lubkin (filbo)]

Howdy. I just happened to notice this on my crusty old LinuxMint 17.1 (trusty-based) system, so I checked and ... it's still a bug in kinetic:

https://packages.ubuntu.com/kinetic/gkrellmapcupsd

'gkrellm plugin displaying the current processor speed'

=====

There is such a thing as having Process so things get handled Properly. And then there is such a thing as getting so bogged down in process that trivial bugs don't get fixed for 12 years! This is a one-line fix in a text file:

--- gkrellmapcupsd-0.02/debian/control.orig 2005-07-05 15:52:37.000000000 -0700
+++ gkrellmapcupsd-0.02/debian/control 2022-07-21 20:45:21.402880151 -0700
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 Package: gkrellmapcupsd
 Architecture: any
 Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, gkrellm (>= 2.1.4)
-Description: gkrellm plugin displaying the current processor speed
+Description: gkrellm plugin displaying UPS info from apcupsd
  This gkrellm plugin shows information about your UPS controlled by
  apcupsd. apcupsd.status must be enabled and STATTIME should be set
  to a low value.

=====

I have no idea if this thing works, have never even installed it. Just ran into it in looking at packages.

If it were fixed Right Now, it could have been reported in 10.04 'lucid lynx' and fixed in time for L's next time in the spotlight, 23.04 'lurching lunatic'!