On Thu, 18 Jul 2002 15:22:33 +1000, Andrew Pollock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 1) Can filesystem permissions be set for the files in the .deb or are they > supposed to be set by the postinstall script? You must set permissions of the files in .deb before you call dh_builddeb (or dpkg --build) in debian/rules. dh_fixperms works in most cases.
> 2) Can I include device files (for the chroot environment) in the .deb or do > they need to be created by the postinstall script? Device files in .deb are not allowed (see the Policy, section 11.6). Call MAKEDEV in postinst. > 3) If I have to create additional files by the postinstall script how to let > dpkg know that they belong to package, or do I just have to add some rm's to > the > prerm/postrm scripts? There is no way (yet) to tell dpkg about files that are not in .deb . Use prerm/postrm. -- Oohara Yuuma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Debian developer PGP key (key ID F464A695) http://www.interq.or.jp/libra/oohara/pub-key.txt Key fingerprint = 6142 8D07 9C5B 159B C170 1F4A 40D6 F42E F464 A695 I don't die without living. --- TREASURE "IKARUGA" -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
