Re: getting all modified conffiles

[Goswin von Brederlow <brederlo@informatik.uni-tuebingen.de>]

Oliver Kurth <okurth@gmx.net> writes:

> Hi,
> 
> I would like to write a script that gives me a list of all modified
> conffiles. Not too hard, by parsing /var/lib/dpkg/status and comparing
> the md5sums. But it would be easier if I could get the contents of a
> particular field of installed packages, 'Conffiles' in my case, by
> calling some program. dpkg-deb -f can only be used on .deb files, but
> not on installed packages.
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> Greetings,
> Oliver
>  

Ever tried debsums?

MfG
        Goswin