On Wed, 18 Jan 2017 11:04:52 +1100, Kevin Ryde wrote: > > 2) DPKG::Parse::Available reading the /var/lib/dpkg/available file > > which doesn't get updated anymore (?). > I thought dselect, but it didn't work for me. Due to my setups or no > downloads I imagine. I hold back a few packages too so wouldn't want it > running amok. :-)
/var/lib/dpkg/available isn't updated for me either, unless I do some magic manually. > > I'm wondering if using DPKG::Parse::Status which reads > > /var/lib/dpkg/status would make sense. This then only returns > > installed packages in my understanding but maybe that was the idea > > of this change? [0] > I had a suspicion apt-file now looks at installed packages too even if > you don't have the dist contents files (which I still usually don't due > to size). That may or may not be the the case but dh-make-perl doesn't call the apt-file binary, it parses the Contents files (and caches them). > I think I had a wishlist previously that dh-make-perl would > look at locally installed packages, maybe now it does, or mostly. That was the idea of Andy's patch with DPKG::Parse::Available, IIRC. But it looks like it there's an issue here. > In either case the docs could say whether currently installed packages > are considered. Ack, but for that we first need to find out if this actually happens and works :) Cheers, gregor -- .''`. https://info.comodo.priv.at/ - Debian Developer https://www.debian.org : :' : OpenPGP fingerprint D1E1 316E 93A7 60A8 104D 85FA BB3A 6801 8649 AA06 `. `' Member of VIBE!AT & SPI, fellow of the Free Software Foundation Europe `- NP: Ry Cooder: Tattler
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