Where has logwrites gone?

[Hannu Koivisto <azure@iki.fi>]

Greetings,

I have noticed that a package logwrites hasn't been available
for a long time anymore. Any ideas why it has disappeared and
whether it will come back or not?

<for-curious-ppl>
Some time ago I hacked up some administration tools that allow
me to keep all (/usr/)local installations under the control of
Debian package manager and they rely on the logwrites. I can,
for example, say something like this with a typical source
package that uses standard configure+make sequence:

./configure
make
su
ldeb-install --package=foo --version=1.0
make install
cp some-extra-files /usr/local/bin/
exit
<n>    # <y> would build a Debian package out of the
       # installation for installing it to other machines
exit

and voi'la, when I say ldpkg -l (ldpkg == dpkg
--adminroot=/usr/local...) I can see that I now have a new
package foo under dpkg's control and when I say ldpkg -L foo, I
can see the list of files that make install and extra cp command 
copied to /usr/local tree.
</for-curious-ppl>

TIA,
//Hannu


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