'=?iso-8859-1?Q?=22Ole?= =?iso-8859-1?Q?J=F8rgen?= =?iso-8859-1?Q?Tetlie=22?= wrote:' > >Hello, > >for SmallEiffel (which I am packaging) to work at all, it needs an >env-variable to be set. Should it be set with a preinst-script? I >wouldn't like that to happen to my system, but I don't see any other >way, if it should be set at all. Should I just put a prominent note >in /usr/doc/smalleiffel/README.debian saying that this variable must >be set to use the package? > >I'm sure others have had the same problem! What's the standard way?
The upstream is broken. It should choose a reasonable default for the Env variable or notice its absence and advise the user on how to proceed. I vote for hacking the source and providing patches upstream. -- Christopher J. Fearnley | Linux/Internet Consulting [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Design Science Revolutionary http://www.netaxs.com/~cjf | Explorer in Universe ftp://ftp.netaxs.com/people/cjf | "Dare to be Naive" -- Bucky Fuller -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
