On 20030304T141459+0100, Bastian Kleineidam wrote: > > 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$'`
Please see the grep-dctrl(1) manual page, especially its COMPATIBILITY section before using grep-dctrl in any Debian package. Only then do you know why Bastian's suggestion is broken. (In an unrelated note, Bastian, look up -X in the manual page:-) -- %%% Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho % [EMAIL PROTECTED] % http://www.iki.fi/gaia/ %%% Please send any work-related email to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>