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Bug#271041: dpkg: ignores --admindir



Package: dpkg
Version: 1.10.23
Severity: normal

this is too weird to be true...

cirrus:/tmp# cp -a /var/lib/dpkg/status foobar
cirrus:/tmp# strace dpkg --admindir=/tmp/foobar -l 2>&1 | grep foobar
execve("/usr/bin/dpkg", ["dpkg", "--admindir=/tmp/foobar", "-l"], [/* 61 vars */]) = 0
cirrus:/tmp# 

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (600, 'testing'), (98, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.8-1-k7
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8

Versions of packages dpkg depends on:
ii  dselect                     1.10.23      a user tool to manage Debian packa
ii  libc6                       2.3.2.ds1-16 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an

-- no debconf information

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