gregor herrmann <gre...@debian.org> writes: > > 1) missing documentation for how dh-make-perl does the mapping of > CPAN distributions to Debian packages (which is primarily with > apt-file but also with DPKG::Parse::Available)
Yes. > 2) DPKG::Parse::Available reading the /var/lib/dpkg/available file > which doesn't get updated anymore (?). I thought dselect, but it didn't work for me. Due to my setups or no downloads I imagine. I hold back a few packages too so wouldn't want it running amok. :-) > I'm wondering if using DPKG::Parse::Status which reads > /var/lib/dpkg/status would make sense. This then only returns > installed packages in my understanding but maybe that was the idea > of this change? [0] I had a suspicion apt-file now looks at installed packages too even if you don't have the dist contents files (which I still usually don't due to size). I think I had a wishlist previously that dh-make-perl would look at locally installed packages, maybe now it does, or mostly. In either case the docs could say whether currently installed packages are considered.
