Re: Wanted: really weird status files from production machines

2007-09-06 Thread David Weinehall
On Mon, Aug 27, 2007 at 04:35:30PM +0100, Ian Jackson wrote: > As I report on debian-dpkg in > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I'm proposing to deploy a new dpkg status file parser. > > It would be bad if someone installed the new dpkg but then the new > dpkg rejected their status file. I think I've captu

Wanted: really weird status files from production machines

2007-08-27 Thread Ian Jackson
As I report on debian-dpkg in <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I'm proposing to deploy a new dpkg status file parser. It would be bad if someone installed the new dpkg but then the new dpkg rejected their status file. I think I've captured the complete historical syntax as accepted generated by existing dpkg