Re: Debian package component belonging
Hello List,
On 05/05/13 07:07, Bob Proulx wrote:
> Jerome BENOIT wrote:
>> Bob Proulx wrote:
>>> Jerome BENOIT wrote:
>>>> Is there an easy way to get it from the .debian.tar.(gz|bz2|xz) ?
>>>
>>> $ tar xf emacs23-non-dfsg_23.4+1-1.debian.tar.gz --to-stdout debian/control | sed -n '/^Section:/{s/.* //;s@/.*@@p;q}'
>>> non-free
>>
>> You are faster than me. On the other hand, time delay was in your favour.
>
> :-)
>
>> Let me continue, for the record:
>>
>> For debballs:
>>
>> $ dpkg --info | grep ^Section
>>
>> and so forth.
>
> Oh! I didn't know about that option. Neat! I learned a new feature.
the reading of
/bin/lesspipe
was helpful.
>
> But that doesn't work on debian.tar.gz files. That works on .deb
> files. A different problem! :-)
>
> $ dpkg --info emacs23-common-non-dfsg_23.4+1-1_all.deb | grep ^Section:
> Section: non-free/editors
>
> Or if it is already installed:
>
> $ dpkg --status emacs23-common-non-dfsg | grep ^Section:
> Section: non-free/editors
My goal is to get the component from files uploaded with `dput'.
Thanks,
Jerome
>
> Bob
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