Package: debconf
Version: 1.5.38
Severity: important
File: /usr/sbin/dpkg-reconfigure
User: debian-d...@lists.debian.org
dpkg's internal database will evolve with multiarch and you should not
have to hardcode this knowledge in your program. Instead of accessing
/var/lib/dpkg/info/foo.{templates,config} you should use
dpkg-query --control-path to find out the path to those files.
$ dpkg-query --control-path debconf
/var/lib/dpkg/info/debconf.templates
/var/lib/dpkg/info/debconf.md5sums
/var/lib/dpkg/info/debconf.prerm
/var/lib/dpkg/info/debconf.config
/var/lib/dpkg/info/debconf.preinst
/var/lib/dpkg/info/debconf.postinst
$ dpkg-query --control-path debconf templates
/var/lib/dpkg/info/debconf.templates
$ dpkg-query --control-path debconf config
/var/lib/dpkg/info/debconf.config
If the file doesn't exist, it will return nothing.
You must also be aware that users might ask "dpkg-reconfigure foo:i386" to
explain what version of the package they are referring to.
Cheers,
Raphaël.
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