On Sat, Sep 09, 2017 at 04:39:23PM +0200, Andreas Metzler wrote: > On 2017-09-09 Julian Andres Klode <[email protected]> wrote: > > Package: exim4 > > Severity: important > > User: [email protected] > > Usertags: apt-internals > > > Dear Maintainer of exim4, > > > your package appears to be relying on the internal layout of > > /var/lib/apt/lists and the location of that directory (which is > [...] > > Instead of relying on internals, please use the interfaces provided by > > APT 1.1 and newer: > [...] > > ## Command-line interfaces > [...] > > Thanks for the nice explanation to fix the issue. Fixed in GIT.
Wouldn't grep-aptavail --show-field=Package --field=Provides mail-transport-agent --no-field-names be a nicer solution than the construct that you committed? or is grep-aptavail also deprecated? Greetings Marc -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Leimen, Germany | lose things." Winona Ryder | Fon: *49 6224 1600402 Nordisch by Nature | How to make an American Quilt | Fax: *49 6224 1600421
