[Bug 1020833] Re: the filename /var/dpkg/info/e2fslibs.list does not match

[William]

Or i explain myself wrong or I don't understand :)

I just reinstalled a fresh copy of precise and sid. After I booted up
the systems i have the following files and output on debian sid and
precise.

debian sid:
######################################################
william at debian:~$ dpkg -l|grep e2fslibs
ii  e2fslibs:amd64                     1.42.4-3                     ext2/ext3/ext4 file system libraries
william at debian:~$ ls /var/lib/dpkg/info/e2fslibs\:amd64.list 
/var/lib/dpkg/info/e2fslibs:amd64.list
######################################################

ubuntu precise:
######################################################
william at ubuntu:~$ dpkg -l|grep e2fslibs
ii  e2fslibs                        1.42-1ubuntu2              ext2/ext3/ext4 file system libraries
william at ubuntu:~$ ls /var/lib/dpkg/info/e2fslibs\:amd64.list 
/var/lib/dpkg/info/e2fslibs:amd64.list
######################################################

So shouldn't the ubuntu package be called e2fslibs:amd64 in the output
of dpkg -l?

Regards,
William

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Title:
  the filename /var/dpkg/info/e2fslibs.list does not match

Status in “dpkg” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in “e2fsprogs” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  Wile investigating package information i found that i have about 400
  packages wich do not have the correct
  /var/lib/dpkg/info/packagename.list. (and md5sums file)

  Is there a specific reason for not naming the list file as the
  packagename as shown by dpkg -l, but instead e.g. creating
  /varlib/dpkg/info/e2fslibs:amd64.list?

  This does not seem consistent.

  I would expect that the packagename should be e2flibs:amd64 wich has a
  corresponding /var/lib/dpkg/info/e2fslibs:amd64.list or on i386
  e2fslibs:i386 with the corresponding name
  /var/lib/dpkg/info/e2fslibs:i386.list

  Regards,

  William van de Velde

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