Debian Bug report logs - #227079
install: dosen't honer dpkg system and no option to make it.

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Message #5 received at [email protected] (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Mike Mestnik <[email protected]>

To: Debian Bug Tracking System <[email protected]>

Subject: install: dosen't honer dpkg system and no option to make it.

Date: Fri, 09 Jan 2004 23:33:18 -0600

Package: coreutils
Version: 5.0.91-2
Severity: wishlist

It would be nice if it would do something on the order of...
{; # Stdout redirect
dpkg -S <destination file name> |
  cut -f1 -d: |
    tr '\n' ' '
echo hold; # Mark the pkg as held.
} | dpkg --set-selections

... If an env-var was set.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
Architecture: i386
Kernel: Linux overrun 2.6.0-test9-1-386 #1 Sun Oct 26 22:32:52 EST 2003 i686
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C

Versions of packages coreutils depends on:
ii  libacl1                     2.2.21-1     Access control list shared library
ii  libattr1                    2.4.12-1     Extended attribute shared library
ii  libc6                       2.3.2.ds1-10 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an

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Message #10 received at [email protected] (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Michael Stone <[email protected]>

To: [email protected], [email protected]

Subject: Re: Bug#227079: install: dosen't honer dpkg system and no option to make it.

Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2004 23:31:25 -0500

On Fri, Jan 09, 2004 at 11:33:18PM -0600, Mike Mestnik wrote:
>It would be nice if it would do something on the order of...
>{; # Stdout redirect
>dpkg -S <destination file name> |
>  cut -f1 -d: |
>    tr '\n' ' '
>echo hold; # Mark the pkg as held.
>} | dpkg --set-selections
>
>... If an env-var was set.

You need to be more specific; I'm not sure what you want from coreutils.

Mike Stone

Message #15 received at [email protected] (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Mike Mestnik <[email protected]>

To: Michael Stone <[email protected]>, [email protected]

Subject: Re: Bug#227079: install: dosen't honer dpkg system and no option to make it.

Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2004 14:16:24 -0800 (PST)

Coreutils may provide a program called install, if I'm incorrect I apologize.

This program, as many developers know, is responsible for copying and setting permissions on
files.  Typically invoked from make install, a ?common? way to install programs.  This
installation currently dose not support the debian way of life.  Installations dove via install
can later be undone by dpkg.  If dpkg was made aware of the actions of install this could be
avoided.

Setting files as hold is impossible, at this time.  It may however be acceptable to hold the
entire pkg for the file.  I ask only that this feature be provided.  I think a wrapper of sorts
will suffice.  It would be nice to then included this feature into the make system, so that it
could be streamlined(If this is possible).

--- Michael Stone <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 09, 2004 at 11:33:18PM -0600, Mike Mestnik wrote:
> >It would be nice if it would do something on the order of...
> >{; # Stdout redirect
> >dpkg -S <destination file name> |
> >  cut -f1 -d: |
> >    tr '\n' ' '
> >echo hold; # Mark the pkg as held.
> >} | dpkg --set-selections
> >
> >... If an env-var was set.
> 
> You need to be more specific; I'm not sure what you want from coreutils.
> 
> Mike Stone

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