Package: dpkg Version: 1.19.7 Severity: normal Dear Maintainer,
The following command shows dpkg -L python3-minimal /usr/bin/python3m as one of the files that belong to the package. sudo rm -f /usr/bin/python3m removes the file and I expect dpkg -V python3-minimal to report it, but it does not dpkg -V python3-minimal returns with no output and echo $? shows successful completion. If dpkg -L shows a file, dpkg -V needs to follow it, even if it is a symlink For that matter even if the target is removed it does not complain. However sudo rm -f /usr/share/doc/python3-minimal/README.Debian evokes a response from dpkg -V python3-minimal ??5?????? /usr/share/doc/python3-minimal/README.Debian -- Package-specific info: -- System Information: Debian Release: 10.4 APT prefers stable-updates APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 4.19.109 (SMP w/8 CPU cores) Kernel taint flags: TAINT_UNSIGNED_MODULE Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) LSM: AppArmor: enabled Versions of packages dpkg depends on: ii libbz2-1.0 1.0.6-9.2~deb10u1 ii libc6 2.28-10 ii liblzma5 5.2.4-1 ii libselinux1 2.8-1+b1 ii tar 1.30+dfsg-6 ii zlib1g 1:1.2.11.dfsg-1 dpkg recommends no packages. Versions of packages dpkg suggests: ii apt 1.8.2.1 pn debsig-verify <none> -- no debconf information
