Package: dpkg Version: 1.4.0.34 Severity: wishlist Hi,
As the subject line says, these two options (--remove and --purge) first make a short pause (accessing the database?), and after that their options are parsed. I noticed that when I accidentally typed "dpkg -r", and it took some time for dpkg to return the error. This is inconsistent with the install option (--install), which parses the options (and reports the error if there are not arguments) instantly. And it is annoying, to have to wait. Also, there should be a short alias for the purge command, and both "-p" and "-P" are available. -- System Information Debian Release: 2.1 Kernel Version: Linux cibalia 2.2.12 #1 Fri Aug 27 03:06:41 CEST 1999 i586 unknown Versions of the packages dpkg depends on: ii libc6 2.0.7.19981211 GNU C Library: shared libraries ii libncurses4 4.2-3 Shared libraries for terminal handling ii libstdc++2.9 2.91.60-5 The GNU stdc++ library (egcs version)
