Source: reprozip Source-Version: 1.0.10-1 Severity: important User: debian-d...@lists.debian.org Usertags: dpkg-db-access-blocker
Hi! This package contains a scripts, which directly access the dpkg internal database, instead of using one of the public interfaces provided by dpkg. The code in «reprozip/tracer/linux_pkgs.py» should be switched to use «dpkg-query --listfiles PKGNAME...». To avoid a performance loss, the code can batch multiple packages on a single call (according to the command-line length limit), which will get output as different stanzas separated by a blank line (even if the package does not exist). This is a problem for several reasons, because even though the layout and format of the dpkg database is administrator friendly, and it is expected that those might need to mess with it, in case of emergency, this “interface” does not extend to other programs besides the dpkg suite of tools. The admindir can also be configured differently at dpkg build or run-time. And finally, the contents and its format, will be changing in the near future. Thanks, Guillem
