[Bug 583476] Re: Installing xmind breaks grep-status

[Dotan Dimet]

This bug broke my upgrade from Ubuntu 11.10 to 12.04
The upgrade rebooted, but packages (like grub) weren't successfully upgraded because of the parsing error this entry contained.
Adding a '.' in the blank line in the description (in /var/lib/dpkg/status and /var/lib/dpkg/available) allowed me to recover (using apt-get commands from the command line).

** Also affects: grep-dctrl
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

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Title:
  Installing xmind breaks grep-status

Status in Debian control file query tools:
  New
Status in “dctrl-tools” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: dctrl-tools

  After installation of XMind from http://www.xmind.net/, grep-status is
  broken. This in turn leads to breakage of tab-completion of the
  aptitude reinstall command. The error looks like this:

  root at eekkater:~# aptitude reinstall grep-status: /var/lib/dpkg/status:11728: expected a colon
  .grep-status: /var/lib/dpkg/status:11728: expected a colon
  .
  Display all 490 possibilities? (y or n)
  root at eekkater:~# 

  
  The section of /var/lib/dpkg/status in question is the following:

  <quote>
  Package: xmind
  Status: install ok installed
  Priority: optional
  Section: multiverse/text
  Installed-Size: 43060
  Maintainer: xmind <dev at xmind.net>
  Architecture: amd64
  Version: 3.1.1.200912022330
  Depends: libgtk2.0-0 (>= 2.8.0), openjdk-6-jre | sun-java5-jre | sun-java6-jre
  Description: XMind - Brainstorming and Mind Mapping
   XMind, is a great brainstorming and mind mapping software tool, 
   developed by XMind Ltd. It helps people to capture ideas, organize to 
   various charts, and share them for collaboration. It supports mind maps, 
   fishbone diagrams, tree diagrams, org-charts, logic charts, and even 
   spreadsheets. It's often used for knowledge management, meeting minutes, 
   task management, and GTD. XMind is compatible with Freemind/Mindmanager.
   
   XMind has two editions, XMind, an open source software and XMind Pro.
   XMind is dual licensed under 2 open source licenses: the Eclipse Public 
   License v1.0 (EPL) and the GNU Lesser General Public License v3 (LGPL).
   XMind Pro is a subscription-based software, and starts with $49 per year.
  </quote>

  Is there a problem with grep-status or is XMind metadata malformed
  (which should have prevented it from installing)?

  Regards, Lars

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
  Package: dctrl-tools 2.14
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-21.32-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
  Uname: Linux 2.6.32-21-generic x86_64
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Thu May 20 20:38:34 2010
  InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100427.1)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANG=de_DE.utf8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: dctrl-tools

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