Bug#27128: Request for dpkg -D4 semantics

To: Colin Plumb <colin@nyx.net>
Cc: 27128@bugs.debian.org
Subject: Bug#27128: Request for dpkg -D4 semantics
From: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@datasync.com>
Date: 30 Sep 1998 23:20:08 -0500
Message-id: <[🔎] 87af3g6hhj.fsf@tiamat.datasync.com>
Reply-to: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@datasync.com>, 27128@bugs.debian.org
In-reply-to: Colin Plumb's message of "Sun, 27 Sep 1998 06:58:10 -0600 (MDT)"
References: <199809271258.GAA16481@nyx10.nyx.net>

Hi,
>>"Colin" == Colin Plumb <colin@nyx.net> writes:

 Colin> Given the trouble people have with {pre,pos}{inst,rm} scripts,
 Colin> it would be *very* handy to be able to watch those scripts
 Colin> getting executed.  I'd like to be able to pass -x to the shell
 Colin> that executes them, or some similar debugging measure.

	Pass -x to my perl script and you shall be very surprised. A
 better ieda is to choose either a commandline option, or an
 environement variable that should be heeded (DPKG_TRACE or something)

	manoj
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