> Since dpkg --info shows the Installed-Size field I can only assume it is
> an oversight in dpkg not to include the information in the status file.
Could we not just cache that information when a package gets installed?
Since we're only concerned with that information on installed packages,
presumably deity has handled it before. If not, then fake it.
Brian
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