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Re: Silly Packaging Problem



also sprach Bruce Sass <bmsass@shaw.ca> [2006.08.10.1925 +0100]:
> Would updating /var/lib/dpkg/info/*.list files without touching the 
> appropriate Installed-Size: field be OK?

Definitely not. /var/lib/dpkg is the domain of dpkg. Do not go
there. You must not even assume that /var/lib/dpkg/info/*.list is
the list of installed filed.

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