kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote:
> The cool hat trick: You can browse through the contents of a Deb
> package *.deb file) with gmc as if it were a locally mounted fileystem,
> without having to unarchive and untar all the constituent components.
See also the debview package:
Description: Emacs mode for viewing Debian packages
After installing, you can use C-D in dired mode to view the .deb file
on the current line. Allows both the structure and contents of a .deb
archive to be examined.
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Also, /usr/bin/lesspipe (which can be used to enhance `less') has
support for deb packages, listing package description and then
content, e.g.
$ less xless_1.7-11.deb
new debian package, version 2.0.
size 17326 bytes: control archive= 1168 bytes.
439 bytes, 12 lines control
593 bytes, 9 lines md5sums
644 bytes, 19 lines * postinst #!/bin/sh
299 bytes, 9 lines * postrm #!/bin/sh
356 bytes, 12 lines * prerm #!/bin/sh
Package: xless
Version: 1.7-11
Section: text
Priority: extra
Architecture: i386
Depends: xaw-wrappers, libc6 (>= 2.1), xlib6g (>= 3.3.5-1)
Installed-Size: 56
Maintainer: Randolph Chung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Description: A file browsing tool for the X Window System
xless allows you to view information in an X window. It allows
filename(s) arguments, or input via STDIN. It can print the
current buffer and do regular expression searches.
*** Contents:
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 1999-10-16 13:32:15 ./
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 1999-10-16 13:32:13 usr/
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 1999-10-16 13:32:14 usr/bin/
-rwxr-xr-x root/root 24432 1999-10-16 13:32:14 usr/bin/xless.real
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 1999-10-16 13:32:12 usr/X11R6/
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 1999-10-16 13:32:12 usr/X11R6/lib/
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Peter
