retitle 641602 dpkg-deb: -c/--contents does not accept multiple .deb files tag 641602 wontfix thanks
On Wed, 2011-09-14 at 17:35:44 +0200, Steffen Moeller wrote: > Package: dpkg > Version: 1.16.0.3 > Severity: wishlist > > $ dpkg -c ../build-area/*.deb > dpkg-deb: error: --contents takes exactly one argument > > I just do not see why. Would you accept a patch for that? For the same reason tar or zip only accept one archive for all operations. In any case I don't see how something like: $ ls *.deb | xargs -n1 dpkg-deb -c or $ for f in *.deb; do dpkg-deb -c $f; done is that much complicated as to require “bloating” dpkg-deb for it, and as such I'm marking this as wontfix for now, will probably close in a bit. regards, guillem -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
