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Yan Morin

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(Msg. 1) Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2008 4:00 pm
Post subject: Bug#503685: debian-policy: Error in command example of debian policy manual on how to show copyright file
Archived from groups: linux>debian>bugs>dist, others (more info?)

Package: debian-policy
Version: 3.8.0.1
Severity: minor

In ap-pkg-binarypkg.html, section B1, the example is:
To view the copyright file for a package you could use this command:

dpkg --fsys-tarfile filename.deb | tar xOf - \*/copyright | pager

I've tried this command with tar version 1.20 and I need this command, with the --wildcards option
dpkg --fsys-tarfile filename.deb | tar xOf - --wildcards \*/copyright | pager


-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-1-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=fr_CA.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_CA.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-Cool
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

debian-policy depends on no packages.

debian-policy recommends no packages.

Versions of packages debian-policy suggests:
ii doc-base 0.8.16 utilities to manage online documen

-- no debconf information



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