On 07/10/2012 05:23 AM, Dmitrijs Ledkovs wrote:
> Let me elaborate.
>
> /var/lib/dpkg/* is internal and private to dpkg state/database. Parsing
> /var/lib/dpkg/* externally is not a supported, nor it is a guaranteed
> interface. Therefore this bug is marked as invalid.
I understand
>
> Quantal, Wheezy and Sid have a major new dpkg version (w.r.t. internal
> state/database structures), hence the file names are different there.
> Can you please show how the file names of internal data structures you
> described above affect or introduce bugs in higher level tools: e.g.
> dpkg, dpkg-query, apt, aptitude, etc. ?
>
I'm trying to get the install time from a package and this looks like 
the only way.
Is there another way to tell what the install date from a package is?

So yes the bug is invalid then.
Thank you Dmitrijs for the comments.

Regards,

William

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