Hi,
Huh? If the maintainer wanted the file to be known to dpkg,
they could have added a zero byte file to the paclkage (getting it
listed), and then manipulated it in the post inst. *NO* need to muck
around in /var/lib/dpkg. The cat idea is a really bad idea.
How come no one pointed this out already?
The reason some packages handle some files entirely in post
inst is because they do *not* want dpkt to lay its grubby little
fingers on them.
Don't even think about changing dpkg internal files using
anything but dpkg.
manoj
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