Package: dpkg Version: 1.0.5 I had been under the impression that dpkg-deb was invoked when dpkg itself was called with certain flags. If this is the plan, then the '-i' option to dpkg doesn't follow the plan. Here are the ambiguities:
dpkg -i <deb> installs a debian archive dpkg -I <deb> prints out an info file. dpkg --info <deb> prints out an info file. BUT: dpkg-deb -i <deb> prints out an info file. dpkg-deb -I <deb> prints out an info file. dpkg-deb --info <deb> prints out an info file. The current man page for dpkg-deb says that one can get info output by using '-i' or '--info'. The Usage statement for dpkg-deb says that one can get info output by using '-I' or '--info'. Apparently, they are both right (at present). If the plan is that dpkg and dpkg-deb should not share any action flags in common, then dpkg-deb should be fixed so that dpkg-deb -i exits with an error message. (And obviously, the man page should be fixed.) I am using: ii base 0.93.6 13 Debian Base System Miscellaneous Files ii image 1.2.13 5 Linux kernel binary image. ii ldso 1.7.10 1 The Linux dynamic linker, library and utilities Susan Kleinmann [EMAIL PROTECTED]
