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::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 1.01 (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.