On Thu, Jul 12, 2001 at 12:27:54PM -0400, John Covici wrote: > Also, note the apt-cache dump is much smaller than the available file > in /var/lib/dpkg .
This is one of the many things that libapt does better than the dpkg and dselect alternatives. However, dpkg and dselect are still standard debian package management tools. When apt-get also operates on the package management system, it should try to keep defined dpkg and dselect functionality consistent. Cheers, Joost
