[Bug 513460] Re: "Generate package download script" create empty files (in the case of "generate scrip" only one line: "#!/bin/sh").

[rbaleksandar]

*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 33065 ***
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/33065

I might be going too far but I do believe this bug affects all Debian-
or Ubuntu-based distros that work with Synaptics. I have Ubuntu 12.04
LTS installed on my machine along with Win7 where I have Lubuntu (forgot
which version but let's assume it's the latest one) and Debian 6 (latest
stable and up-to-date) running as VMs in VirtualBox. This problem is
present like forever. I actually can't remember if it worked at all at
some point in the past. This feature is very practical and I know you
can do this via the terminal but it'll be nice to open just one window
and manage all the packages and package-relevant activities there
instead of switching from one window to another.

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Title:
  "Generate package download script" create empty files (in the case of
  "generate scrip" only one line: "#!/bin/sh").

Status in “apt” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged
Status in “synaptic” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: synaptic

  The files are (at least some times) created under the root account
  (i.e. /root/packages or /root/Desktop/packages) instead of the user
  who ran Synaptic. They are still empty (0-length) files.

  These files should contain information about all installed packages
  that can be used to duplicate the system.

  Ubuntu 9.10, Synaptic version 0.62.7ubuntu6 (karmic)

  Some of that has been reported as bugs in Ububtu 9.04 or earlier
  but not the part about creating the files in the root account, I believe.

  ProblemType: Bug
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Wed Jan 27 14:19:23 2010
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
  ExecutablePath: /usr/sbin/synaptic
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  Package: synaptic 0.62.7ubuntu6
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-17.54-generic
  SourcePackage: synaptic
  Uname: Linux 2.6.31-17-generic i686

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