#596470 [synaptic] wrong package sort by status (installed packages split by new packages)

Package:
synaptic
Source:
synaptic
Description:
Graphical package manager
Submitter:
FIlipus Klutiero
Date:
2010-09-11 19:33:04 UTC
Severity:
normal
#596470#5
Date:
2010-09-11 19:30:33 UTC
From:
To:
In some cases, lists of packages are not sorted properly. I'm seeing one
package sorting incorrectly in several contexts. The package is nvidia-kernel-
legacy-71xx-2.6.32-5-686, a locally built package. If I search for "nvidia"
and sort by status, it is the pre-last package to show, while the 7 other
installed nvidia packages are at the top. These are all non-free/contrib
packages. Similarly, if I use the All filter, the 7 other nvidia packages
installed right at the top. Then there are packages new in the archive. Then
there are other packages installed. This seems to be related to the section.

There is the same in the search for "nvidia". The installed packages are
split by a list of 61 packages new in the archive (this is a new install).
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  990 testing         security.debian.org
  990 testing         debian.mirror.iweb.ca
  500 unstable        debian.mirror.iweb.ca
--- Package information. ---
Depends                    (Version) | Installed
====================================-+-
==============
libapt-inst1.2                       |
libapt-pkg4.10                       |
libatk1.0-0              (>= 1.29.3) | 1.30.0-1
libc6                  (>= 2.3.6-6~) | 2.11.2-2
libcairo2                 (>= 1.2.4) | 1.8.10-5
libept1                              | 1.0.3+b1
libfontconfig1            (>= 2.8.0) | 2.8.0-2.1
libfreetype6              (>= 2.2.1) | 2.4.2-1
libgcc1                 (>= 1:4.1.1) | 1:4.4.4-8
libglade2-0             (>= 1:2.6.1) | 1:2.6.4-1
libglib2.0-0             (>= 2.16.0) | 2.24.1-1
libgtk2.0-0              (>= 2.18.0) | 2.20.1-1+b1
libpango1.0-0            (>= 1.14.0) | 1.28.1-1
libstdc++6                (>= 4.4.0) | 4.4.4-8
libvte9                (>= 1:0.24.0) | 1:0.24.3-1
libx11-6                             | 2:1.3.3-3
libxapian22                          | 1.2.3-2
libxml2                  (>= 2.6.27) | 2.7.7.dfsg-4
zlib1g                  (>= 1:1.1.4) | 1:1.2.3.4.dfsg-3
hicolor-icon-theme                   | 0.11-1


Recommends                   (Version) | Installed
======================================-+-
===========
gksu                                   |
 OR kdebase-bin                        | 4:4.4.5-1
libgnome2-perl                         |
rarian-compat                          |
software-properties-gtk                |
apt-xapian-index                       |


Suggests       (Version) | Installed
========================-+-===========
dwww                     |
menu                     | 2.1.43
deborphan                |