On 20050407T172533+0300, Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho wrote: > (Don't use grep-status or grep-available in package scripts.)
Since I've been asked, here's some more about that from /usr/share/doc/grep-dctrl/Compatibility : 8<-- If you use grep-dctrl in a Debian package, you should depend on the grep-dctrl package and heed the following compatibility notes: * Always call only the "grep-dctrl" executable. Although the "grep-status" and "grep-available" symlinks are installed by default, this may change in the future. Those symlinks are meant for manual - not scripted - use. * Always specify an explicit file name Don't rely on the implicit file name feature. The system administrator may have changed the default file name. * Not all features have been with us in every version Check if any of the features you use is mentioned in the changelog. Use a versioned dependency on grep-dctrl, if it is necessary. 8<-- The same information used to be included in the manual page, but it seems to have been dropped. I just uploaded 2.1.10 which reinserts the warning. -- Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho, Debian developer http://kaijanaho.info/antti-juhani/blog/en/debian
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