On Fri, 21 Feb 2014, Eugen Dedu wrote: > Sorry to ask again: why do these commands fail if no env var is set?
Because they need to know in which maintainer script they are called and they need to know the package that they are acting on. Without this, they can't do the work they're supposed to do... Have a look at the code (it's just a shell script), it might help. Cheers, -- Raphaël Hertzog ◈ Debian Developer Discover the Debian Administrator's Handbook: → http://debian-handbook.info/get/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
