[Debian-l10n-devel] Bug#929087: Priority information in packages file is not reliable

[Joerg Jaspert]

On 15404 March 1977, s3v wrote:

> there is some divergence between priority information in Packages.xz file
> and priority field in binary .deb file.

The Package file generated by the archive is correct, whatever is
written there has higher priority than whatever is in a .deb.

> I think content of Packages.xz file does need to be fully reliable because
> this file is parsed by DDTP [2] for:

Contents of the Packages file *is* what you should trust, do not parse
.debs for such information.

Not a bug, closing.

-- 
bye, Joerg