tag 153305 + patch
thanks
I believe I have a fix for this bug. I spent a while considering more
generalized solutions, including adding a field to the cmdinfo structure
for "pass this flag to backends", but decided against it for the reasons
noted in the comments.
This patch compiles and works as far as I can tell:
1253 {0} [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/dpkg/bin$ dpkg --admindir=/lost+found --list
>/dev/null && echo MIRACULOUS SUCCESS
MIRACULOUS SUCCESS
1254 {0} [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/dpkg/bin$ ./dpkg --admindir=/lost+found --list
>/dev/null && echo MIRACULOUS SUCCESS
dpkg-query: failed to open package info file `/lost+found/status' for reading:
No such file or directory
Because of the setroot() function, --root works as well despite
dpkg-query not recognizing the option itself.
Patch attached. It is also reviewable via Progeny's Subversion server:
svn diff -r 5334:5335 svn://svn.progeny.com/
Here's the commit message I used:
Fix dpkg bug (Debian #153305) where dpkg would not pass an
alternative admin directory to dpkg-query.
Correct apparent typo in macro definition.
Update and add some comments and whitespace for easier reading.
Please let me know if there is anything I can do to further improve this
patch.
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