Re: dpkg-deb vs. perl

[Julian Gilbey <J.D.Gilbey@qmw.ac.uk>]

On Fri, Oct 05, 2001 at 03:46:51PM +0200, P?sztor Gy?rgy wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> How can I get info, or manipulate .deb packages from perl, like the
> dpkg-deb does in command line?

Using system("dpkg-deb [options]") is a good way.

   Julian

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