Source: bum Source-Version: 2.5.2-1 Severity: minor Tags: upstream User: debian-d...@lists.debian.org Usertags: dpkg-db-access-inert
Hi! This package contains a perl module with an old unused implementation to directly access the dpkg internal database [M], which it does not use anyway as it is properly using the «dpkg-query» interface in get_pkg(). And while this is indeed not problematic at run-time, it would be nice to cleanup to avoid triggering future checks, either manual or from lintian. [M] lib/bumlib.pm:old_get_pkg() This is a problem for several reasons, because even though the layout and format of the dpkg database is administrator friendly, and it is expected that those might need to mess with it, in case of emergency, this “interface” does not extend to other programs besides the dpkg suite of tools. The admindir can also be configured differently at dpkg build or run-time. And finally, the contents and its format, will be changing in the near future. Thanks, Guillem
