On Tue, 4 Mar 2003 17:34:47 +0100, Simon Richter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Well, I wouldn't have posted without first consulting policy and >> developer's reference. Section 6.4 doesn't seem to document any >> maintainer script of the package being installed being called with the >> new version number as a parameter, so I was actually hoping that dpkg >> sends that information in the environment or somewhere else. > >You can pull it in using a substvar, I think.
That sounds interesting. Can you elaborate? I know that I can use substvars in my control file to get automatic dependencies on the libs I use, but how does that transfer to maintainer scripts? Greetings Marc -- -------------------------------------- !! No courtesy copies, please !! ----- Marc Haber | " Questions are the | Mailadresse im Header Karlsruhe, Germany | Beginning of Wisdom " | Fon: *49 721 966 32 15 Nordisch by Nature | Lt. Worf, TNG "Rightful Heir" | Fax: *49 721 966 31 29
