On Thu, Feb 26, 2004 at 02:36:30PM +0100, Markus Braun wrote: > Hi, > > for a script I'm writing I need to get information for several packages. > Because "dpkg -s ..." is slow I thought about using grep/awk on > /var/lib/dpkg/status directly to get the information. I'm not sure if this > is a valid possibility or if direct access to /var/lib/dpkg/status should be > avoided. > > Can someone comment on this please?
Have you looked at grep-status (package grep-dctrl) ? Perhaps this is what you want. Gruesse, -- Frank Lichtenheld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> www: http://www.djpig.de/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
