[ATrpms-users] RPM Changelog format

Axel Thimm Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net
Thu Nov 19 20:38:59 CET 2009


Hi,

On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 10:14:19AM -0500, Brian Long wrote:
> Hello Axel et al,
> 
> I'm running F12 and noticed an update from atrpms wouldn't display properly
> in the GUI update manager.  It said the following:
> 
> The developer logs will be shown as no description is available for this
> update:
> Could not parse header: 'Axel Thimm <Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net>', expected:
> 'Firstname Lastname <email at account.com> - version-release'
> 
> It appears it's parsing the %changelog since no official update description
> is available in the yum repo.
> 
> This is for nvidia-graphics-3:190.42-42.i386.  Would it make sense to change
> your build script or spec-file editor to add the version-release on each
> %changelog entry?  This way it will show something in the GUI.

Yes, but this is still a bug in the parser, as the missing version is
still a valid changelog line.
-- 
Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net
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