Re: Help identify packages that multiarch support will break
* Raphael Hertzog [2011-03-02 15:06 +0100]:
> In general parsing the status file should not be done, instead you
> should use dpkg-query.
Is there any reason for this, except that the format of the status files
will evolve?
> You should use "dpkg-query --control-path <package> <something>" to
Jftr, there is a lot potential for performance improvements in
dpkg-query, some queries can be done way faster even in gawk.
Regards
Carsten
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