Does not show list of files for multiarch packages

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

This occurs because Synaptic is looking for the <packagename>.list file in /var/lib/dpkg/info, but for packages that are multi-arch capable, the filename in /var/lib/dpkg/info contains a ":amd64", even if that is the native architecture of the machine. Proposed patch attached which makes an additional attempt to open a file with the architecture name embedded.

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Bug #904853 is related: for a i386 package installed with --force-architecture on an amd64 system, the Synaptic symptom is the same ("The list of installed files is only available for installed packages" ). The info files in /var/lib/dpkg/info don't have a :i386 in the filename, as (I'm guessing) Synaptic figures for an :i386 package they should.

jani@saegusa:tmp$ ls /var/lib/dpkg/info/lightscribe*
/var/lib/dpkg/info/lightscribe.conffiles /var/lib/dpkg/info/lightscribe.list /var/lib/dpkg/info/lightscribe.postinst

Good point, I'm not sure my patch would resolve the problem in your situation as well. I'll have to see if I can rework it to help in that case as well.

Mmh, i don't know if this is only related to multiarch packages... anyway is still present on Precise