What do the /var/lib/dpkg/ subdirectories do?

[Mark Hobley]

I am documenting the package management and installation processes.

Ther appear to be some subdirectories in /var/lib/dpkg, as follows:

/var/lib/dpkg/methods

This appears to contain three empty directories on my system:

/var/lib/dpkg/methods/disk
/var/lib/dpkg/methods/floppy
/var/lib/dpkg/methods/mnt

There are also the following empty directories:

/var/lib/dpkg/parts/
/var/lib/dpkg/updates/

I have also have a couple of files that I don't know the purpose of:

/var/lib/dpkg/cmethopt
/var/lib/dpkg/methlock
/var/lib/dpkg/statoverride

Thanks in advance to anyone who can help.

Regards,

Mark.
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[Mark Hobley]

Post by Mark Hobley
I am documenting the package management and installation processes.
/var/lib/dpkg/methods

This directory contains responses to scripts used during dselect configuration.

Post by Mark Hobley
/var/lib/dpkg/parts/

This is the default queue directory used for part files awaiting reassembly
by dpkg-split

Post by Mark Hobley
/var/lib/dpkg/updates/

I don't know what this does yet.

Post by Mark Hobley
/var/lib/dpkg/cmethopt
/var/lib/dpkg/methlock
/var/lib/dpkg/statoverride

I don't know what these do yet.

These are my notes so far:

http://markhobley.yi.org:9090/PkgDB

Regards,

Mark.
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Mark Hobley
393 Quinton Road West
QUINTON
Birmingham
B32 1QE

Telephone: [phone]
International: 0044 121 247 1596

Email: markhobley at hotpop dot donottypethisbit com

http://markhobley.yi.org/