[Pkg-chromium-maint] Bug#765528: chromium: Warnings while installing package from scratch

[Riccardo Boninsegna]

Package: chromium
Version: 38.0.2125.101-2
Severity: minor

Trying to install this package from a never-installed (including purged) state generates multiple dpkg errors.
It does not however influence the result, which ends with the package properly configured and working (notwithstanding other current bugs).

riki at kawoshin:~$ sudo LC_ALL=C aptitude install chromium
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  chromium 
0 packages upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B/36.9 MB of archives. After unpacking 144 MB will be used.
Selecting previously unselected package chromium.
(Reading database ... 141823 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../chromium_38.0.2125.101-2_amd64.deb ...
dpkg: error: --compare-versions takes three arguments: <version> <relation> <version>

Type dpkg --help for help about installing and deinstalling packages [*];
Use 'apt' or 'aptitude' for user-friendly package management;
Type dpkg -Dhelp for a list of dpkg debug flag values;
Type dpkg --force-help for a list of forcing options;
Type dpkg-deb --help for help about manipulating *.deb files;

Options marked [*] produce a lot of output - pipe it through 'less' or 'more' !
dpkg: error: --compare-versions takes three arguments: <version> <relation> <version>

Type dpkg --help for help about installing and deinstalling packages [*];
Use 'apt' or 'aptitude' for user-friendly package management;
Type dpkg -Dhelp for a list of dpkg debug flag values;
Type dpkg --force-help for a list of forcing options;
Type dpkg-deb --help for help about manipulating *.deb files;

Options marked [*] produce a lot of output - pipe it through 'less' or 'more' !
dpkg: error: --compare-versions takes three arguments: <version> <relation> <version>

Type dpkg --help for help about installing and deinstalling packages [*];
Use 'apt' or 'aptitude' for user-friendly package management;
Type dpkg -Dhelp for a list of dpkg debug flag values;
Type dpkg --force-help for a list of forcing options;
Type dpkg-deb --help for help about manipulating *.deb files;

Options marked [*] produce a lot of output - pipe it through 'less' or 'more' !
Unpacking chromium (38.0.2125.101-2) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.0.2-1) ...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.57) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.22-1) ...
Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.13-1) ...




-- System Information:
Debian Release: jessie/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386

Kernel: Linux 3.16-2-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=it_IT.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=it_IT.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages chromium depends on:
ii  libasound2           1.0.28-1
ii  libc6                2.19-11
ii  libcairo2            1.12.16-5
ii  libcap2              1:2.24-6
ii  libcups2             1.7.5-4
ii  libdbus-1-3          1.8.8-1+b1
ii  libexpat1            2.1.0-6
ii  libfontconfig1       2.11.0-6.1
ii  libfreetype6         2.5.2-2
ii  libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0   2.30.8-1+b1
ii  libglib2.0-0         2.42.0-2
ii  libgnome-keyring0    3.12.0-1
ii  libgtk2.0-0          2.24.24-1
ii  libharfbuzz0b        0.9.35-1
ii  libjpeg8             8d1-1
ii  libnspr4             2:4.10.7-1
ii  libnss3              2:3.17.1-1
ii  libpango-1.0-0       1.36.8-2
ii  libpangocairo-1.0-0  1.36.8-2
ii  libpci3              1:3.2.1-3
ii  libspeechd2          0.8-6
ii  libspeex1            1.2~rc1.2-1
ii  libsrtp0             1.4.5~20130609~dfsg-1
ii  libstdc++6           4.9.1-16
ii  libudev1             215-5+b1
ii  libx11-6             2:1.6.2-3
ii  libxcomposite1       1:0.4.4-1
ii  libxcursor1          1:1.1.14-1
ii  libxdamage1          1:1.1.4-2
ii  libxext6             2:1.3.2-1
ii  libxfixes3           1:5.0.1-2
ii  libxi6               2:1.7.4-1
ii  libxml2              2.9.1+dfsg1-4
ii  libxrandr2           2:1.4.2-1
ii  libxrender1          1:0.9.8-1
ii  libxslt1.1           1.1.28-2+b1
ii  libxss1              1:1.2.2-1
ii  libxtst6             2:1.2.2-1
ii  xdg-utils            1.1.0~rc1+git20111210-7.1

chromium recommends no packages.

Versions of packages chromium suggests:
pn  chromium-inspector  <none>
pn  chromium-l10n       <none>

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