Re: Debian-Perl-Policy and .packlist?
On Wed, Dec 04, 2002 at 05:20:13PM +0100, Michael Lamertz wrote:
> > IIRC, the .packlist files contained a list of files shipped with each
> > module. dpkg -L already provides such information for packages.
>
> Actually, the packlist keeps track of what has been installed by Perl's
> build system - and ExtUtils::Installed is the official perl tool of
> choice to query that information.
>
> Falling back to calling 'dpkg -l' means calling an external program and
> hardwiring a perfectly system independend script to a Debian distro (not
> that I'd mind that much, but still...).
How about filing a bug against the Debian package that includes
ExtUtils::Installed asking for it not to use information in dpkg database on
Debian systems, instead of the (nonexistent) .packlist information?
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