Package: dpkg
Version: 1.17.18
Severity: normal
According to the dpkg manpage:
--verify-format format-name
Sets the output format for the --verify command.
The only currently supported output format is rpm, which consists
of a line for every path that failed any check.
However, dpkg accepts (and ignores) *any* value for --verify-format,
*except* for rpm, for which it returns the following error:
dpkg: error: unknown verify output format 'rpm'
>From src/main.c:
static void
set_verify_format(const struct cmdinfo *cip, const char *value)
{
if (!verify_set_output(value))
badusage(_("unknown verify output format '%s'"), value);
}
>From src/verify.c:
int
verify_set_output(const char *name)
{
if (strcmp(name, "rpm") == 0)
verify_output = verify_output_rpm;
else
return 1;
return 0;
}
So, set_verify_format expects a false value for failure and true for
success, while verify_set_output returns 1 for failure and 0 for
success.
- Josh Triplett
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