problems passing --prefix to rpm::options to apt-get

[Andrei Kazarov]

>>Relocation, among some other relatively rare options simply aren't
>>implemented for the "internal package manager" which calls rpmlib
>>directly for install/remove etc operations. 
>>
>>You can try using additional "-o rpm::pm=external" option which causes
>>apt to call the actual rpm binary for installs so the options passed in
>>rpm::options will get interpreted by rpm itself instead of apt. But ..
>>this is the first time I remember hearing anybody trying to use package
>>relocations with apt so it might not work quite as expected, I certainly
>>haven't tested it ever.
>>
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>I implemented the capability for apt to use
>the --dbpath option of the external package manager
>(and thus allowing operations as non-root)
>more than a year ago and have now tested the patch
>with apt-0.5.15lorg3.2.
>Can you please consider applying?
>
>  
>
Does the patch support --prefix RPM option as well?

Thanks
            Andrei


>Many thanks,
>Grigori
>
>  
>
>>	- Panu -
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