Synaptic Package Manager - generate download package script, results in empty file

Bug #469612 reported by sirald66
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: synaptic

Dell Latitude D600
Ubuntu 9.04
Synaptic 0.62.5

EXPECTED: select Installed, select all, save download script, resulting in file that can be imported in Ubuntu 9.10 for fresh system install.

RESULT: target file only had "#!/bin/sh" line:

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 2009-11-01 14:40 Ubuntu 904 - synaptic markings
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 10 2009-11-01 14:42 Ubuntu 904 - synaptic script

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
ExecutablePath: /usr/sbin/synaptic
Package: synaptic 0.62.5ubuntu3
ProcAttrCurrent: unconfined
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: synaptic
Uname: Linux 2.6.28-16-generic i686

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sirald66 (sirald66) wrote :
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sirald66 (sirald66) wrote :

Bug #469599 may be related.

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sirald66 (sirald66) wrote :

STILL A PROBLEM

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Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel) wrote :

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 513460, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Please continue to report any other bugs you may find.

Changed in synaptic (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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