On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 19:07:49 -0000 (-0000), Vic wrote:
>
> Hi All.
>
> I've got a couple of questions about dpkg that I'm not sure about (after
> reading the man page...)
>
> Firstly, dpkg apparently has a "--root" opetion; I'm not sure if I'm using
> it properly. I tried :
>
> dpkg --root=/mnt/image/ -L sysvconfig
>
> And got nothing for my trouble (yet the apt log for that image says it's
> installed).
It is probably just groking /var/lib/dpkg/info/sysvconfig.list. Try
--admindir.
I would really avoid using --root (or --admindir, --instdir) unless
you really know what you are doing. If you don't specify --admindir
for example, then your current box will think a package is installed
but you will have installed it elsewhere.
> Secondly - how do I list the scripts from a .deb?
They are _always_ in /var/lib/dpkg/info/(packagename).* Which is _so_
much nicer than Redhat IMO. In particular you can fix them much, much
more easily when they don't work :-)
Adrian
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