>>>>> On Wed, 23 Jun 2021 01:59:43 +0200, Guillem Jover <guil...@debian.org>
>>>>> said:
> Checks for the existence of «$target/var/lib/dpkg/info/fai-server.list»
> to check whether the package is installed, it should instead use
> «dpkg-query --admindir $target/var/lib/dpkg --show fai-server»
> (dpkg-query does not currently support --root) or perhaps
> «dpkg --root $target --status fai-server» and get Status field from
> there.
I think I will use dpkg-query instead of dpkg.
> * bin/install_packages
> The function mkpackagelist() checks for the presence of the available
> file. The correct interface is «dpkg --root $FAI_ROOT --print-avail»,
> which will print nothing if the file is empty or missing.
In my developer version of FAI, this is already replaced by parsing apt-cache
dumpavail.
> The function create_debian_pkg_list() parses the available file, but
> just as the above one, it should be switched to parse the output from
> «dpkg --root $FAI_ROOT --print-avail».
I've checked on several machines, and it seems that
/var/lib/dpkg/available is not used any more. On one machine it's just
empty, on another machine the content is outdated since some years.
So using dpkg --print-avail does not work any more or gives wrong output.
> * bin/fai-make-nfsroot
> The add_packages_nfsroot() function and the main routine, write into
> the available db directly, these should instead use
This is already removed in my developer version.
Does a Debian system need /var/lib/dpkg/available at all these days?
--
regards Thomas
