[Bug 1349852] [NEW] tasksel excludes packages with explicit architecture

[Owen Dunn]

Public bug reported:

Ubuntu Release 14.04.1 LTS
tasksel version 2.88ubuntu15

I am using tasksel with a custom task which runs a script to generate
the list of packages to install.

However, if this generated list includes a package name with an
architecture, e.g. libgtk2.0-0:i386 tasksel silently ignores that
package.

To reproduce this, put this in a file /usr/share/tasksel/thing.desc:

Task: thing
Section: server
Description: test
 Test task
Key:
Packages: list
 libgtk2.0-0:i386
 evince

: and run ; tasksel --task-packages thing

Only evince is listed.

** Affects: tasksel (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  tasksel excludes packages with explicit architecture

Status in “tasksel” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Ubuntu Release 14.04.1 LTS
  tasksel version 2.88ubuntu15

  I am using tasksel with a custom task which runs a script to generate
  the list of packages to install.

  However, if this generated list includes a package name with an
  architecture, e.g. libgtk2.0-0:i386 tasksel silently ignores that
  package.

  To reproduce this, put this in a file /usr/share/tasksel/thing.desc:

  Task: thing
  Section: server
  Description: test
   Test task
  Key:
  Packages: list
   libgtk2.0-0:i386
   evince

  : and run ; tasksel --task-packages thing

  Only evince is listed.

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