[ Just chiming in, but I have not read the whole thread. ] On Mon, 16 Mar 2009, Aurelien Jarno wrote: > > 3) Where should dpkg put maintainer scripts and package data? > > > > Suggestions: > > > > /var/lib/dpkg/info/i386/libc6.list > > /var/lib/dpkg/info/i386-libc6.list > > /var/lib/dpkg/info/libc6/i386.list > > /var/lib/dpkg/info/libc6-i386.list > > /var/lib/dpkg/info/i386/libc/libc6.list and .../info/i386/f/foobar.list > > What about /var/lib/dpkg/info/libc6.i386.list, as we do for a lot of > stuff in debian (like debian/ directory of a package).
"libc6.i386" is a valid package name so you can have path name conflict in theory. /var/lib/dpkg/info/<arch>/libc6.list would be fine for me /var/lib/dpkg/info/<current-arch>/ could then be a symlink to "." if needed. Cheers, -- Raphaël Hertzog Contribuez à Debian et gagnez un cahier de l'admin Debian Lenny : http://www.ouaza.com/wp/2009/03/02/contribuer-a-debian-gagner-un-livre/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org