On Mon, 19 Apr 2004, Michael Banck wrote: > Dunno really, I extracted that from > > http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd-0401/msg00053.html That patch is a hack, really. I would only use it as a way to explain the dpkg maintainers with code the kind of thing that is required for the Hurd, not as a serious proposal to be included in the main dpkg codebase. BTW: it's not mine, please do not attribute it to me :-)