Fabio Tranchitella <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > Hi, I've some problems with debian/config script for my package.. I'm > not sure about when the script run. > > If I install my package with dpkg, it run once, after unpacking... > But if I install the package with apt-get, it run twice: before the > unpacking (Preconfiguring package) and after the unpacking (Configuring > package), [...] > > Is it right or I'm missing something?
You have found it right. You also could have read it in debconf-devel(7). You should also respect Policy 6.2: ,---- | 6.2 Maintainer scripts Idempotency | | It is necessary for the error recovery procedures that the scripts be | idempotent. This means that if it is run successfully, and then it is | called again, it doesn't bomb out or cause any harm, but just ensures | that everything is the way it ought to be. If the first call failed, | or aborted half way through for some reason, the second call should | merely do the things that were left undone the first time, if any, and | exit with a success status if everything is OK.[33] `---- > so I have to check if conffiles have already been unpacked > before trying to modify them. - The config script isn't really meant to modify anything. You should use it to figure out things, and the changes should be done in postinst - You MAY NOT MODIFY CONFFILES IN MAINTAINER SCRIPTS! Please! read Policy section 10.7, especiall 10.7.3. Regards, Frank -- Frank Küster, Biozentrum der Univ. Basel Abt. Biophysikalische Chemie
