06-01-2007
I favor sysgate's second answer. You may be losing data with ctrl/c as well.
This is definitely a vendor problem.
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LEARN ABOUT LINUX
dpkg-vendor
dpkg-vendor(1) dpkg suite dpkg-vendor(1)
NAME
dpkg-vendor - queries information about distribution vendors
SYNOPSIS
dpkg-vendor [option...] command
DESCRIPTION
dpkg-vendor is a tool to query information about vendors listed in /etc/dpkg/origins. /etc/dpkg/origins/default contains information about
the current vendor.
COMMANDS
--is vendor
Exits with 0 if the current vendor is vendor. Otherwise exits with non-zero.
--derives-from vendor
Exits with 0 if the current vendor distribution is a derivative of vendor, otherwise exits with non-zero. It uses the "Parent" field
to browse all ancestors of the current vendor.
--query field
Print on standard output the value of the vendor-specific field for the current vendor.
--help Show the usage message and exit.
--version
Show the version and exit.
OPTIONS
--vendor vendor
Assumes the current vendor is vendor instead of discovering it with the DEB_VENDOR environment variable or /etc/dpkg/ori-
gins/default.
ENVIRONMENT
DEB_VENDOR
This setting defines the current vendor. If not set, it will discover the current vendor by reading /etc/dpkg/origins/default.
AUTHOR
Copyright (C) 2009 Raphael Hertzog
This is free software; see the GNU General Public Licence version 2 or later for copying conditions. There is NO WARRANTY.
Debian Project 2009-05-10 dpkg-vendor(1)