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NAME¶
Dpkg - module with core variables
DESCRIPTION¶
The Dpkg module provides a set of variables with information concerning this system installation.
VARIABLES¶
- $Dpkg::PROGNAME
- Contains the name of the current program.
- $Dpkg::PROGVERSION
- Contains the version of the dpkg suite.
- $Dpkg::PROGMAKE
- Contains the name of the system GNU make program.
- $Dpkg::PROGTAR
- Contains the name of the system GNU tar program.
- $Dpkg::PROGPATCH
- Contains the name of the system GNU patch program (or another implementation that is directory traversal resistant).
- $Dpkg::CONFDIR
- Contains the path to the dpkg system configuration directory.
- $Dpkg::ADMINDIR
- Contains the path to the dpkg database directory.
- $Dpkg::LIBDIR
- Contains the path to the dpkg methods and plugins directory.
- $Dpkg::DATADIR
- Contains the path to the dpkg architecture tables directory.
CHANGES¶
Version 1.03 (dpkg 1.18.24)¶
New variable: $PROGPATCH.
Version 1.02 (dpkg 1.18.11)¶
New variable: $PROGTAR, $PROGMAKE.
Version 1.01 (dpkg 1.17.0)¶
New variables: $PROGNAME, $PROGVERSION, $CONFDIR, $ADMINDIR, $LIBDIR and $DATADIR.
Deprecated variables: $version, $admindir, $dpkglibdir and $pkgdatadir.
Version 1.00 (dpkg 1.15.6)¶
Mark the module as public.
2017-05-17 | 1.18.24 |