Re: Bug#284642: ITP: dpkg-reversion -- change the version of a DEB file
On Sat, 11 Dec 2004, Scott James Remnant wrote:
> On Sat, 2004-12-11 at 21:51 +0200, Ognyan Kulev wrote:
>
> > Adam Heath wrote:
> > > Well, the plan is to make the dpkg-deb interface more formalized. What I
> > > mean, is being able to use it in a filter, with plugging input and output.
> > >
> > > Ie, multiple input methods: .deb, .rpm, filesystem
> > >
> > > filter mode: standard tar output
> > >
> > > output mode: filesystem, .deb, .rpm
> > >
> > > Repacking and editting then become easy to do.
> >
> > Is there web page for such plans? I couldn't find anything useful with
> > Google.
> >
> I certainly don't share these plans.
You came on after I last discussed this with anyone from the dpkg team.
The above makes it easy to exclude whole heiarachies, ie, /usr/share/doc.
It can also be used to alter /lib to /lib64 or /lib32, on the fly, during
install.
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