Bug#153305: dpkg: --root no longer roots outside the base install
Adam Heath wrote:
> On Wed, 17 Jul 2002, Rick Younie wrote:
>
> > Package: dpkg
> > Version: 1.10.4
> > Severity: normal
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > dpkg --root=/some/other/root no longer works. Testing version is fine.
>
> Could you please send a transcript of when it works, and when it doesn't?
> This bug is useless otherwise.
Sorry; thought you had it from the short IRC exchange.
$ CHROOT=/usr/local/chroot/unstable
$ dpkg --version
==> 1.10.4
$ dpkg --root=$CHROOT --list |wc
804 6755 56709
$ dpkg --list |wc
804 6755 56709
$ sudo dpkg --install dpkg_1.9.21_i386.deb
$ dpkg --root=$CHROOT --list |wc
68 528 4694
It doesn't append the root to /var/lib/dpkg any longer.
Rick
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