On Fri, Apr 04, 2008 at 10:53:45AM -0000, James Westby wrote: > where the call to DebPackage looks for the /var/lib/dpkg/package.list > file. The read_dpkg_status() function reads /var/lib/dpkg/status for the > packages that depend on python-central to get their requested python > versions.
> I don't know how dpkg handles these files, if you are removing a package > is there a window in which the files are removed (in particular > /var/lib/dpkg/package.list), but the package is still listed in > /var/lib/dpkg/status? Packages that are in state "rc" (removed, config-files) are certainly present in /var/lib/dpkg/status but may have an empty /var/lib/dpkg/info/$package.list if the package ships no conffiles but has a postrm script. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developer http://www.debian.org/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- python-central crash on upgrade (was: python2.4-minimal could not be uninstalled) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/205470 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
