Re: PLEASE: standard package README file/orientation
If there is anything called "users-requests" this certainly should be
placed there for the kind Debian developers to take notice. Surely,
dpkg --search / list / listfiles / print-avail is no replacement for a
dedicated package/ wrapper for these purposes.
Just to find out what all packages are installed, there are no easy
solutions. Yes, everyting is available in /var/lib/dpkg/status in pure
ASCII form inclusive of which all software are installed/ purged etc,
it is certainly not an easy task to go through the whole list.
There is a need for something like gnorpm/ kpackage/ glint used
in RH and other RH based distros. Even YaST in SuSE serves fine.
For plain tar ball packages a bash script "pkgtool" of SlackWare is
good enough. Then why not something for deb packages ?
There is surely a need for gaining more support for this cause
until the developers take notice.
Before somebody points out, why not do it yourself .... I have
started on a hack of "pkgtool" today. I'll post it on this list once
ready. I do not know enough programming to try fancier stuff !
Afterall, Computers for me is a hobby only.
I am a full-time doctor by profession.
USM Bish
On Sun, 20 Aug 2000, Rogerio Brito wrote:
> On Aug 19 2000, John Ackermann wrote:
> > I heartily agree with Daniel's plea. Eveb a simple listing of what
> > configuration files the package uses (and where they are), and where it
> > stores data (i.e., does it use space in /var) would be a big help.
>
> All packages *do* already have such files. Documentation files
> for package <package> are intended to be in the
> /usr/share/doc/<package> directory. Configuration files in
> Debian are (or should be) accessible from the /etc directory.
>
> If a given package doesn't do this, then this particular
> package has a bug (but not the Distribution as a whole).
>
> Frankly, this is a pretty standard thing and many people would
> want it. Why would you think the packages don't have such an
> important feature?
>
>
> []s, Roger...
>
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