Re: Bug#2035: dpkg-deb and dpkg share the '-i' flag

1995-12-18 Thread Ian Jackson
Susan G. Kleinmann writes ("Bug#2035: dpkg-deb and dpkg share the '-i' flag"): > I had been under the impression that dpkg-deb was invoked when dpkg itself > was called with certain flags. If this is the plan, then the '-i' option > to dpkg doesn'

Bug#2035: dpkg-deb and dpkg share the '-i' flag

1995-12-16 Thread Susan G. Kleinmann
Package: dpkg Version: 1.0.5 I had been under the impression that dpkg-deb was invoked when dpkg itself was called with certain flags. If this is the plan, then the '-i' option to dpkg doesn't follow the plan. Here are the ambiguities: dpkg -i installs a debian archive dpkg -I