On Tue, 04 Mar 2003, Bastian Kleineidam wrote: > On Tue, Mar 04, 2003 at 01:41:58PM +0100, Marc Haber wrote: > > how can a package learn about its current version number? > Package information is stored in /var/lib/dpkg/available.
No. Do not skip the proper interface layers. Use dpkg to get that information. -- "One disk to rule them all, One disk to find them. One disk to bring them all and in the darkness grind them. In the Land of Redmond where the shadows lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot Henrique Holschuh