Bug#198220: dpkg: Should dpkg -S follow symlinks?
On Fri, Jun 20, 2003 at 07:43:41PM +0300, Petri Koistinen wrote:
> $ dpkg -S /usr/bin/java
> dpkg: /usr/bin/java not found.
> $ ls -l /usr/bin/java
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 22 Jun 4 20:12 /usr/bin/java -> /etc/alternatives/java
> $ ls -l /etc/alternatives/java
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 26 Jun 8 02:11 /etc/alternatives/java -> /usr/lib/j2se/1.4/bin/java
> $ ls -l /usr/lib/j2se/1.4/bin/java
> -rwxr-xr-x 2 root root 20820 Nov 1 2002 /usr/lib/j2se/1.4/bin/java
> $ dpkg -S /usr/lib/j2se/1.4/bin/java
> j2re1.4: /usr/lib/j2se/1.4/bin/java
>
> Should dpkg follow symbolic links if match is not found?
I would say no, though it could be convenient to have the option to do so
when it is explicitly requested.
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- mdz
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