On ti, 2007-04-03 at 16:28 +0100, Neil Williams wrote: > To install a cross-building toolchain, apt/aptitude needs to be told > about the Emdebian [2] toolchain repository [3]. Currently, that is done > by the emsetup program in emdebian-tools but I'm wondering if it is > better done in postinst. The question then is: how to determine the > suite (only unstable, testing, sid, etch and lenny are supported by > Emdebian) from postinst (using Perl)? I'm currently parsing a call to > 'apt-cache policy' within emsetup but is that OK to call in postinst?
With regards to Debian Policy, you need to read section 10.7. Basically, since sources.list is a configuration file belonging to apt, your package may only edit it in postinst if apt provides commands for doing so. I don't think apt does that, but I could be wrong. With regards to the life of a sysadmin, don't do it. Changing sources.list will surprise a lot of people, and can cause bad things to happen, for example higher network bills because the wrong mirror is used. Provide a README.Debian that tells what needs to be done, and possibly provide a command to do it easily. -- It's 1978! Things should be round by now -- Michael Kelso (That 70's show) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
