#729962 apt-show-versions installation fails on debian-armhf/stable

Package:
apt-show-versions
Source:
apt-show-versions
Submitter:
Fabien R
Date:
2018-12-30 16:48:03 UTC
Severity:
normal
#729962#5
Date:
2013-11-19 14:29:45 UTC
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The package fails to install with this error:

Setting up apt-show-versions (0.20) ...
** initializing cache. This may take a while **
Error: No information about packages! (Maybe no deb entries?)
dpkg: error processing apt-show-versions (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 255
Errors were encountered while processing:
 apt-show-versions
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
#729962#10
Date:
2014-02-21 01:41:56 UTC
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same here on armhf and jessie
#729962#13
Date:
2014-10-13 12:27:38 UTC
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Hi,

can you try to find out what the problem might be? I have no arm system
at hand to try it myself.

Christoph
#729962#18
Date:
2018-12-30 16:44:09 UTC
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here ise a strace of the package on arm64 with it failing to install