It would be interesting if dpkg had a generic database of files and where it thought that they should be placed. This way you could pump generic tar output into it and it would place the files in their proper Debian-friendly positions. Perhaps it could keep a database of common configuration files.
vvvvvvvvvvvvvvv humor vvvvvvvvvvvvvvv Hey maybe we could just write a program that would take any tar file and automagically convert it to a debian friendly installation. Maybe it could even transcode Win32s on the fly... and make coffee. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ humor ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >I thought someone was doing work along these lines? Something about feeding >dpkg an arbitrary tarfile or something? -- Ean Schuessler - Director New Products/New Technologies Novare International, Inc. - The unstoppable fist of digital action http://www.novare.net
