On Tue, Feb 22, 2000 at 06:08:12PM +0100, Bud P. Bruegger wrote: > I haven't gotten as far as the package database yet; so far I just > unpacked... Isn't there a dpkg option to point to non-standard package > directory or did you say dpkg runs under chroot? In the latter case, I > suppose, dpkg allowing, a sym link is the best approach... If ever > possible I wouldn't want to get into the internals of dpkg...
dpkg --admindir= But I guess the basic issue is that if you're going to create installation forks you'll need to clone the package database before you alter it. -- Raul
