It was good to have ability to make simple dpkg-deb wrapper [0] (for clean locales script). Moving further, it must be noted, that current way dpkg uses dpkg-deb isn't optimal for any kind of pre-cleanup, such as:
- removing locales, mans; - striping scripts (comments: they're already in the source package) - removing anything else, user may wish to remove from a package (files, that are useless may be cleaned on the next update, e.g. /usr/share/mc/mc.hint*). Currently, dpkg is requesting two actions form it, from what i've seen: - untar control information in directory "/var/lib/dpkg/foo"; - give me unziped data tar via stdio; Latter is very strange. Why just not to move (mv) tree? What important i couldn't figure out in current logic? That tree can be untared and cleaned without taring it again, for sole purpose of feeding it back to dpkg. Even more optimized way, i see, is to return to dpkg directory of untared data, it can `mv' itself, thus eliminating second exec of dpkg-deb at all. So, what about making such option? -- [0] at least dpkg-deb wrapper script available here <ftp://flower.upol.cz/dpkg-cleanup/> ____ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]