[ubuntu-dev] Bug#807109: gdebi in jessie produces blank output instead of dependencies list

[Michael Howard]

Package: gdebi
Version: 0.9.5.5+nmu1
Severity: important

Dear Maintainer,

*** Reporter, please consider answering these questions, where appropriate ***

    * What led up to the situation?
Running gdebi on any control file.
    * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or ineffective)?
gdebi --apt-line debian/control
    * What was the outcome of this action?
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Building data structures... Done

Then a blank line.
    * What outcome did you expect instead?
A list of required dependencies as set out in the control file, as it does in wheezy.

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-- System Information:
Debian Release: 8.2
   APT prefers stable-updates
   APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 3.16.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)

Versions of packages gdebi depends on:
ii  gdebi-core        0.9.5.5+nmu1
ii  gir1.2-gtk-3.0    3.14.5-1+deb8u1
ii  gir1.2-vte-2.90   1:0.36.3-1
ii  gksu              2.0.2-9
ii  gnome-icon-theme  3.12.0-1
ii  python3-gi        3.14.0-1
pn  python3:any       <none>

Versions of packages gdebi recommends:
ii  libgtk2-perl      2:1.2492-4
ii  lintian           2.5.30+deb8u4
ii  shared-mime-info  1.3-1

gdebi suggests no packages.

-- no debconf information