I wish dpkg -x supported extracting multiple packages -


fis% dpkg -x archives/* base
dpkg-deb: --extract takes at most two arguments (.deb and directory)

Type dpkg-deb --help for help about manipulating *.deb files;
Type dpkg --help for help about installing and deinstalling packages.
fis%


I frequently need to extract multiple packages while building initrds
for foreign architectures, so dpkg's current behavior is inconvenient

Also, supporting multiple packages would be consistent with GNU tools
like cp, mv etc. which support multiple sources & a single destination
directory

Many thanks for the Debian package manager - without which I'd be lost
: )

Jack