________________________________________ From: ext Sven Joachim [svenj...@gmx.de] Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2010 4:29 PM To: Papp Laszlo (EXT-Symbio/Helsinki) Cc: debian-dpkg@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Add primitive prefix filter support
On 2010-11-10 14:37 +0100, ext-laszlo.p...@nokia.com wrote: > We propose to add this feature to dpkg: > http://maemo.gitorious.org/maemo-af/dpkg/commit/72c255d86d37a40d24d33ed784e8f3fbde377427 > > Current alternatives: > > 1) DPkg::Post-Invoke { "if [ -x /usr/bin/debsums ]; then /usr/bin/debsums > --generate=nocheck -sp /var/cache/apt/archives; fi"; find > /usr/share/doc/packagename -type f -delete} (just an example) > (I still have to figure out which package got installed, and for that I > need to use the "version 2 protocol" between apt and dpkg that man apt.conf > writes about.) > > The problem with the following Post-Invoke hook: > The files are first written to disk and only then removed. It is better to > avoid writing them to disk at all. > > 2) Split packages: It depends on the packager(s) and as a user I would like > to filter the installation in some way. > > Dpkg is missing filter support in general. > As of version 1.15.8, this is no longer true. Take a look at the > --path-exclude option which does what you want. Yeah, we have already discussed it on IRC with 'themill', but thank you. Have a nice day! Best Regards, Laszlo Papp -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-dpkg-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/26c4e953937a4940a7fa12b60fdbc37b056...@008-am1mpn1-016.mgdnok.nokia.com
