Hi! On Wed, 2011-03-02 at 15:06:11 +0100, Raphael Hertzog wrote: > Here's what might create troubles:
> 3/ Any program that assumes the current layout of control files > (/var/lib/dpkg/info/<package>.<something>) will be broken (at least for > some packages) since the layout will change to support Multi-Arch: same > packages that can be co-installed. > > You should use "dpkg-query --control-path <package> <something>" to > retrieve the path of the file. This has been introduced in dpkg 1.15.4 > and is thus in squeeze already. An additional clarificaton, --control-path will not show internal information control files (currently .list and .conffiles), for those dpkg-query --listfiles or --status should be used instead, anything else should be considered broken. thanks, guillem -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110303160836.gb1...@gaara.hadrons.org
