Debian bug report logs - #608
dpkg --search does not work
Package: dpkg; Reported by: tobias@server.et-inf.fho-emden.de (Peter Tobias); 93 days old.
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Subject: Re: Bug#608: dpkg --search does not work
Peter Tobias writes ("Bug#608: dpkg --search does not work"):
> PACKAGE: dpkg
> VERSION: 0.93.31
>
> The search option does not work:
> [...]
> 1:/root# dpkg -S vmstat
> dpkg - error: : database broken for - can't get installed files list: No such
> file or directory
> It should probably print something like this:
> procps:/usr/bin/vmstat
> procps:/usr/man/man8/vmstat.8
Yes, it should.
I'm going to put this bug on the back burner; it'll get fixed as a
side effect of the forthcoming rewrite of dpkg in C. In the meantime
you should use
grep vmstat /var/lib/dpkg/info/*.list
which is hardly elegant, but at least it works.
If you need it fixed urgently let me know (or, even better, submit a
patch).
Ian.
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Peter Tobias writes ("Bug#608: dpkg --search does not work"):
> PACKAGE: dpkg
> VERSION: 0.93.31
>
> The search option does not work:
> [...]
> 1:/root# dpkg -S vmstat
> dpkg - error: : database broken for - can't get installed files list: No such
> file or directory
> It should probably print something like this:
> procps:/usr/bin/vmstat
> procps:/usr/man/man8/vmstat.8
Yes, it should.
I'm going to put this bug on the back burner; it'll get fixed as a
side effect of the forthcoming rewrite of dpkg in C. In the meantime
you should use
grep vmstat /var/lib/dpkg/info/*.list
which is hardly elegant, but at least it works.
If you need it fixed urgently let me know (or, even better, submit a
patch).
Ian.
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PACKAGE: dpkg
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The search option does not work:
1:/root# dpkg --search vmstat
dpkg: unknown option `--search'
Usage: dpkg -i|--install <opts> <.deb file name> ... | -a|--auto <dir> ...
[...]
dpkg -S|--search <glob pattern> ...
[...]
1:/root# dpkg -S vmstat
dpkg - error: : database broken for - can't get installed files list: No such
file or directory
It should probably print something like this:
procps:/usr/bin/vmstat
procps:/usr/man/man8/vmstat.8
Peter
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PACKAGE: dpkg
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The search option does not work:
1:/root# dpkg --search vmstat
dpkg: unknown option `--search'
Usage: dpkg -i|--install <opts> <.deb file name> ... | -a|--auto <dir> ...
[...]
dpkg -S|--search <glob pattern> ...
[...]
1:/root# dpkg -S vmstat
dpkg - error: : database broken for - can't get installed files list: No such
file or directory
It should probably print something like this:
procps:/usr/bin/vmstat
procps:/usr/man/man8/vmstat.8
Peter
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Peter Tobias EMail:
Fachhochschule Ostfriesland tobias@et-inf.fho-emden.de
Fachbereich Elektrotechnik und Informatik tobias@perseus.fho-emden.de
Constantiaplatz 4, 26723 Emden, Germany
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