Re: "dpkg --status" not sufficient.

To: Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net>
Cc: debian-devel@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: "dpkg --status" not sufficient.
From: Rob Browning <rlb@cs.utexas.edu>
Date: 17 Jul 1998 17:04:12 -0500
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In-reply-to: Joey Hess's message of "Fri, 17 Jul 1998 11:39:08 -0700"
References: <[🔎] 871zrkid2o.fsf@nevermore.csres.utexas.edu> <[🔎] 19980717113908.I435@kitenet.net>

Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net> writes:

> Use somthing like dpkg-perl.

Will dpkg-perl allow me to query the status of the *current* system?
It seems to always want a "packages" file, but I must admit, given
*no* documentation, I haven't figured it all out yet.

Also, even if I can just hand it the "status" file, isn't that just as
"bad" as parsing the file by hand (which Ian keeps telling us not to
do), or does dpkg-perl know how to safely synchronize with dpkg?

Thanks

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