[Bug 1020833] Re: the filename /var/dpkg/info/e2fslibs.list does not match

[William]

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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Title:
  the filename /var/dpkg/info/e2fslibs.list does not match

Status in “dpkg” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in “e2fsprogs” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  Wile investigating package information i found that i have about 400
  packages wich do not have the correct
  /var/lib/dpkg/info/packagename.list. (and md5sums file)

  Is there a specific reason for not naming the list file as the
  packagename as shown by dpkg -l, but instead e.g. creating
  /varlib/dpkg/info/e2fslibs:amd64.list?

  This does not seem consistent.

  I would expect that the packagename should be e2flibs:amd64 wich has a
  corresponding /var/lib/dpkg/info/e2fslibs:amd64.list or on i386
  e2fslibs:i386 with the corresponding name
  /var/lib/dpkg/info/e2fslibs:i386.list

  Regards,

  William van de Velde

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