ISO manifest inconsistent with installed packages

Brendan Donegan brendan.donegan at canonical.com
Tue Dec 6 08:32:14 UTC 2011


It won't be consistent, because you'll make some choices during 
installation that will affect which packages are actually installed. Not 
everything on the CD ends up in the installation of Ubuntu.

On 06/12/11 00:45, Aaron wrote:
> I am looking at how consistent the ISO manifest is with the actually 
> installed packages in Precise.  The basic steps I did are:
>
> 1. Download ISO from http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/ 
> (download with date stamp for today)  I did a install (not live cd) in 
> VirtualBox.
>
> 2. Download the manifest for the ISO (for i386 below is the path) 
> (download with date stamp for today)
>
> wget 
> http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/precise-desktop-i386.manifest
>
> 3.  Create installed package list:
>
> dpkg -l > dpkgl.txt
>
> 4. Strip out the Name and Version columns to separate file:
>
> awk '{print $2 , $3}' dpkgl.txt > dpkg-name-version.txt
>
> Diff the manifest and the current installed packages (with only the 
> name/version columns):
>
> diff --ignore-space-change precise-desktop-i386.manifest 
> dpkg-name-version.txt > diff2.txt
>
> All output from my process attached.  But here is the diff2.txt (below 
> and attached)
>
> It seems like the manifest is not reflecting 100% what is installed, 
> unless I am missing something?
>
> Thoughts?
>
> First file is the 'precise-desktop-i386.manifest' and the second file 
> is the 'dpkg-name-version.txt' (which is the currently installed 
> packages via dpkg).
>
> 0a1,5
> >
> > 
> Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend 
>
> > Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err:
> > Name Version
> >
> 22d26
> < apt-clone    0.2.1
> 30d33
> < archdetect-deb    1.88ubuntu1
> 58d60
> < btrfs-tools    0.19+20100601-3ubuntu3
> 64d65
> < casper    1.292
> 67d67
> < cifs-utils    2:5.1-1ubuntu1
> 86d85
> < cryptsetup    2:1.1.3-4ubuntu3
> 106a106
> > dkms 2.2.0.2-1ubuntu4
> 108d107
> < dmraid    1.0.0.rc16-4.1ubuntu4
> 117d115
> < dpkg-repack    1.36
> 122d119
> < ecryptfs-utils    93-0ubuntu2
> 136a134
> > fakeroot 1.18.1-1
> 143d140
> < firefox-locale-de    9.0~b4+build1-0ubuntu2
> 145,147d141
> < firefox-locale-es    9.0~b4+build1-0ubuntu2
> < firefox-locale-pt    9.0~b4+build1-0ubuntu2
> < firefox-locale-zh-hans    9.0~b4+build1-0ubuntu2
> 205d198
> < gir1.2-timezonemap-1.0    0.2.1
> 253d245
> < gparted    0.8.1-1ubuntu4
> 300a293
> > hunspell-en-ca 1:3.3.0-2ubuntu3
> 302a296
> > hyphen-en-us 2.7.1-4ubuntu1
> 337d330
> < jfsutils    1.1.15-1ubuntu1
> 343d335
> < keyutils    1.5.2-2
> 345,346d336
> < language-pack-de    1:11.10+20111006
> < language-pack-de-base    1:11.10+20111006
> 349,352d338
> < language-pack-es    1:11.10+20111006
> < language-pack-es-base    1:11.10+20111006
> < language-pack-gnome-de    1:11.10+20111006
> < language-pack-gnome-de-base    1:11.10+20111006
> 355,368d340
> < language-pack-gnome-es    1:11.10+20111006
> < language-pack-gnome-es-base    1:11.10+20111006
> < language-pack-gnome-pt    1:11.10+20111006
> < language-pack-gnome-pt-base    1:11.10+20111006
> < language-pack-gnome-xh    1:11.10+20111006
> < language-pack-gnome-xh-base    1:11.10+20111006
> < language-pack-gnome-zh-hans    1:11.10+20111006
> < language-pack-gnome-zh-hans-base    1:11.10+20111006
> < language-pack-pt    1:11.10+20111006
> < language-pack-pt-base    1:11.10+20111006
> < language-pack-xh    1:11.10+20111006
> < language-pack-xh-base    1:11.10+20111006
> < language-pack-zh-hans    1:11.10+20111006
> < language-pack-zh-hans-base    1:11.10+20111006
> 466,467d437
> < libdebconfclient0    0.157ubuntu1
> < libdebian-installer4    0.79ubuntu1
> 475d444
> < libdmraid1.0.0.rc16    1.0.0.rc16-4.1ubuntu4
> 486d454
> < libecryptfs0    93-0ubuntu2
> 592d559
> < libgtkmm-2.4-1c2a    1:2.24.2-1
> 712d678
> < libnss3-1d    3.12.9+ckbi-1.82-0ubuntu6
> 789d754
> < libreadline5    5.2-11
> 798a764
> > libreoffice-help-en-gb 1:3.4.4-0ubuntu1
> 800a767,769
> > libreoffice-l10n-common 1:3.4.4-0ubuntu1
> > libreoffice-l10n-en-gb 1:3.4.4-0ubuntu1
> > libreoffice-l10n-en-za 1:3.4.4-0ubuntu1
> 864d832
> < libtimezonemap1    0.2.1
> 969d936
> < localechooser-data    2.39ubuntu1
> 980d946
> < lupin-casper    0.50
> 1004a971,973
> > myspell-en-au 2.1-5.3
> > myspell-en-gb 1:3.3.0-2ubuntu3
> > myspell-en-za 1:3.3.0-2ubuntu3
> 1005a975,976
> > mythes-en-au 2.1-5.3
> > mythes-en-us 1:3.3.0-2ubuntu3
> 1030a1002
> > openoffice.org-common 1:3.3.0-7ubuntu5
> 1038a1011
> > patch 2.6.1-2
> 1081d1053
> < python-argparse    1.2.1-1
> 1132d1103
> < python-pyicu    1.3-1
> 1157d1127
> < python-xklavier    0.4-2
> 1171d1140
> < rdate    1:1.2-4build1
> 1174d1142
> < reiserfsprogs    1:3.6.21-1build1
> 1228a1197,1199
> > thunderbird-locale-en 1:9.0~b3+build1-0ubuntu2
> > thunderbird-locale-en-gb 1:9.0~b3+build1-0ubuntu2
> > thunderbird-locale-en-us 1:9.0~b3+build1-0ubuntu2
> 1248,1252d1218
> < ubiquity    2.9.5
> < ubiquity-casper    1.292
> < ubiquity-frontend-gtk    2.9.5
> < ubiquity-slideshow-ubuntu    52
> < ubiquity-ubuntu-artwork    2.9.5
> 1276d1241
> < unionfs-fuse    0.24-2.1
> 1308d1272
> < user-setup    1.39ubuntu2
> 1315a1280,1282
> > virtualbox-guest-dkms 4.1.6-dfsg-2
> > virtualbox-guest-utils 4.1.6-dfsg-2
> > virtualbox-guest-x11 4.1.6-dfsg-2
> 1316a1284
> > wbritish 7.1-1
> 1344d1311
> < xfsprogs    3.1.5+nmu1
>
>
>
>

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