aptsearch program? anyone interested?

Hello there, I'm not sure where to post this so I'll try here. I wrote a little Python script to help you out with apt that I'm calling "aptsearch." Basically you can search the availible package list in /var/state/apt/lists for a regular expression. If you invoke with -i, it will present an

Depends vs. Pre-Depends

I am developing a package which uses a Mysql database. I would like to create the database and populate it with some data during the postinst script. If I add the following Dependencies: Depends: mysql-server Depends: libdbd-mysql-perl Depends: libdbi-perl Can I be certain that Mysql and DBD/D

Re: coding...

On 30-Apr-1999 09:18:26, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > W. Richard Stevens. His books are king. > Agreed. In particular, "Advanced Programming in the Unix Environment" is a great all round Unix/Posix programming book. Lots of examples - both right and wrong, clear explanations, great index. The o

dpkg: .deb should contain authentication data

Package: dpkg Version: 1.4.0.34 Severity: Important (Important as it is a security issue that has been brought up recently in several contexts, and we know that mirrors can be compromised.) .debs should have an extra component in the ar archive which are PGP-signed MD5 sums (or equivalent) of the

Re: PGP and Debian question

> Sorry if this has been asked before but is there currently any way for a > Debian user to verify the authenticity of a .deb file using PGP without > having the source? When a package is built, the .changes and the .dsc > file is signed which allows dinstall to verify it but is there any support