On Tue, Mar 04, 2003 at 02:14:59PM +0100, Bastian Kleineidam wrote: > On Tue, Mar 04, 2003 at 01:41:58PM +0100, Marc Haber wrote: > > how can a package learn about its current version number? > > Package information is stored in /var/lib/dpkg/available.
Information about what's installed is in /var/lib/dpkg/status, not /var/lib/dpkg/available. > > Does a maintainer script know the package version, so that it can > > write the version number to a file? > # example: current bash version number > BASH_VERSION=`grep-available -P -s Version -n -r '^bash$'` That will be wrong in the event that somebody has run 'dselect update' but not yet upgraded. Cheers, -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
