Control: forcemerge 25759 -1 On Wed, 2014-12-03 at 20:32:47 +0100, Roland R. wrote: > Package: dpkg > Version: 1.16.15 > Severity: normal
> one of the great freatures of dpkg is that every file and symlink > created is listed in /var/lib/dpkg/info/<packagename>.list . > This allows e.g. to check if the system is "clean" by comparing all > files to their checksums (using debsums) and by checking that there are > no other files and symlinks than those listed in /var/lib/dpkg/info/*.list . > Unfortunately, although update-alternatives is a part of the dpkg package, > it seems to have been forgotten to list the created symlinks in > /var/lib/dpkg/info/alternatives.list . This has been reported several times, merging. The problem is that dpkg does not have a generic way to register files not shipped in a binary package. But even then, u-a would need to know how to register them which would require tigher integration, wich conflicts with me wanting to keep it generic and somewhat distribution neutral. I guess possibly adding hook support would do though. Thanks, Guillem -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
