On Sat, Jan 04, 2003 at 04:50:41PM -0000, John Morrison wrote: >> From: Christopher Faylor >> On Mon, Dec 02, 2002 at 12:56:03PM -0000, Morrison, John wrote: >> >> You'd probably want something like: ><snip/> > >setup.hint: > >sdesc: "Conditionally move default files to proper location" >category: _PostInstallLast >requires: ash findutils fileutils sed sh-utils >autodep: etc/defaults/.* >incver_ifdep: yes > >> This would run automatically whenever packages are downloaded and >> installed in one shot. It wouldn't run if someone downloads everything >> and then installs piecemeal, though. > >I think there are lots of things that don't work when cygwin >is not installed via setup. I can't think of any other way... > >> The script to move the files would be the only thing in the package and >> it would be a post-install script. > >Done :) > >Please find for you perusal and review... (long links, will wrap!) >http://homepage.ntlworld.com/j-n-s.morrison/john/cygwin/update-defaults/upda >te-defaults-1.0-.tar.bz2 >http://homepage.ntlworld.com/j-n-s.morrison/john/cygwin/update-defaults/defa >ults.html >(this should be added to the 'how to create a package' >instructions, or something like?) >http://homepage.ntlworld.com/j-n-s.morrison/john/cygwin/update-defaults/setu >p.hint >http://homepage.ntlworld.com/j-n-s.morrison/john/cygwin/update-defaults/md5s >um > >Also, re-done base-files using this mechanism... >http://homepage.ntlworld.com/j-n-s.morrison/john/cygwin/base-files/base-file >s-1.2-1.tar.bz2 >http://homepage.ntlworld.com/j-n-s.morrison/john/cygwin/base-files/setup.hin >t >http://homepage.ntlworld.com/j-n-s.morrison/john/cygwin/base-files/md5sum > >Christopher: is this OK?
You don't need my permission. Just post to cygwin-apps and see what others think. Or, since you're the package maintainer and, I'm sure that you've tested this, feel free to just refresh your packages. cgf -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
