On Sun, 20 Apr 2003 15:54:23 +0300, Richard Braakman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Sun, Apr 20, 2003 at 09:00:51AM +0200, Marc Haber wrote: >> In the last case, there should be a way to do this _easily_. Currently >> the only way to do this is parsing dpkg --list output, which is mucho >> ugly. > >I'd actually prefer the file check, and not involve the packaging system >in the day-to-day running of the system.
That way, one would need to have a special "tag file" in the package, since every file in real use of the package can potentially be present in a conflicting package as well. Maybe the init scripts should check an md5sum of the file they intend to invoke before doing so? But that wouldn't solve the problem for inetd configuration left around for example. Greetings Marc -- -------------------------------------- !! No courtesy copies, please !! ----- Marc Haber | " Questions are the | Mailadresse im Header Karlsruhe, Germany | Beginning of Wisdom " | Fon: *49 721 966 32 15 Nordisch by Nature | Lt. Worf, TNG "Rightful Heir" | Fax: *49 721 966 31 29
