From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Engel) > OK, so package file names don't parse easily. Why couldn't the cross > reference be included in the Packages file? It's needed by dselect > anyway. Also, what about packages like ld.so where the file name > doesn't match the package name (ldso)? What am I missing?
The cross-reference is sufficient. It would be easier to run naive scripts on debian packages if there were a naming standard. Under the proposed standard, ldso would be named ld.so--1.7.11-1.deb . Thanks Bruce -- Bruce Perens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Pixar Animation Studios