Bug#4974: Bug in dpkg Version: 1.4.0.3

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Subject: Bug#4974: Bug in dpkg Version: 1.4.0.3
From: heiko@lotte.sax.de (Heiko Schlittermann)
Date: Mon, 4 Nov 1996 13:36:03 +0100 (MET)
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Reply-to: heiko@lotte.sax.de (Heiko Schlittermann), 4974@bugs.debian.org
In-reply-to: <199610261715.KAA26743@waterf.org> from "Christoph Lameter" at Oct 26, 96 10:15:36 am

Christoph Lameter wrote:
: 
: Package: dpkg
: Version: 1.4.0.3
: dpkg -s <packagename>
: where packagename is nonexistant still returns a result code of 0.

... I dived somewhat in the source ... it seems not to be expected, that
someone will ask for the return code after 'dpkg -s somewhat'.


    Heiko
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