Re: Bug#4974: Bug in dpkg Version: 1.4.0.3
'Dale Scheetz wrote:'
>
>On Mon, 4 Nov 1996, Heiko Schlittermann wrote:
>
>> 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'.
>>
>I have had the same problem with the -I option and dpkg. I hope you are
>not defending this behavior. Programs that do not return proper error
>codes should be considered broken in this regard. It would be nice if dpkg
>would return proper error conditions.
I just tested dpkg-1.4.0.3 and the -s option is the only one it fails
to return a non-zero value on failure. I tried -I, -c and -s.
Heiko, are you planning another dpkg release?
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