Bug#205973: (Re: Bug#205973: xlibs: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb/compiled)
On Tue, 2003-08-19 at 01:52, Branden Robinson wrote:
> Okay. I'm glad to hear my packages (probably) weren't at fault.
No, they weren't.
> dpkg -S reports only on a package's "payload"; that is,
> stuff in /var/lib/dpkg/info/$package.list, not stuff created by the
> package's maintainer scripts.
OK, that's good to know.
> Unfortunately there is no wonderful method for determining this;
> essentially, you have to grep the maintainer scripts in
> /var/lib/dpkg/info.
Even that is not a magic bullet. I find plenty of mention of
/etc...compiled, but no /usr... compiled, because it turns out
that /usr/X11R6/libs/X11/xkb is symlinked to /etc...xkb. I should
probably have checked that sooner... must remember to
check each element in pathnames...
> Dpkg provides no mechanism at present for permitting packages to
> "register" additional filenames that a package doesn't unpack, but might
> be interested in.
Might be a good wishlist item way down the road. Hmmm... just had a
really hideous idea of using something like strace for the scripts (and
children thereof) to trap all creating and linking syscalls...
Thanks,
Jim
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