Hello
Number Six (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote:
> If I have run "dpkg -x foo.deb .",
>
> would I describe the package as
>
> a) uninstalled
> b) unpacked and uninstalled
> c) extracted and uninstalled
> d) extracted
>
> I think "unpacked" has a specific meaning (the state it's in during an
> installation) so it's not b, but I'm not sureed.
>
> Is "extracted" a common term?
>From the dpkg-deb man page:
--extract, -x, --vextract, -X
Extracts the filesystem tree from a package archive
into the specified directory.
So I would say "extracted" is the appropriate term.
best regards
Andreas Janssen
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