condition of dpkg?

[Paul Fox]

someone was asking me whether the implementation of dpkg in
busybox was useful and/or complete enough to use in any sort
of a product environment.  since i've never used it, i told
them i'd ask the list.  i checked svn, and see that dpkg_deb.c
hasn't had any commits (other than those resulting from global
cleanups) in quite a long time.  dpkg.c, however, has been
getting recent bugfixes.

can anyone with recent experience comment on how well it
works?  if the space were available, would using the "real"
dpkg be a better idea?

paul
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 paul fox, pgf at brightstareng.com