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Bug#227447: Wishlist: apt-get should be strace-able



Package: apt
Version: 0.5.14
Severity: wishlist

For some applications(*), it would be highly desirable(*) to obtain a list 
of files that have been seen/touched/transformed as a result of an apt-get 
update.

Unfortunately, an

strace -o apt.trace -f -e trace=files apt-get upgrade

causes the sub-processes dealing with the various access method protocols 
to fail.


(*) While this clearly is a "wishlist" issue, It nevertheless should be 
considered as important, since some people may want to use such a 
mechanism to easily maintain a tripwire-like database.

-- 
regards,               tf@cip.physik.uni-muenchen.de              (o_
 Thomas Fischbacher -  http://www.cip.physik.uni-muenchen.de/~tf  //\
(lambda (n) ((lambda (p q r) (p p q r)) (lambda (g x y)           V_/_
(if (= x 0) y (g g (- x 1) (* x y)))) n 1))                  (Debian GNU)



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