On Sat, Aug 28, 1999 at 05:13:55AM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > * postinst is a /bin/bash script instead of a /bin/sh script -- this > means it won't fail if for some reason there isn't a /bin/sh symlink > already. If there isn't a symlink (or or an actual file) it makes > a symlink (using the ln command. it might be better to make this > an executable too, to remove the (unstated) dependency on fileutils > (which is, however, essential))
I'm a little concerned about creating the link in the postinst, as that part of the install (IIRC) can be delayed for various reasons. (And it would be a Bad Thing to risk losing /bin/sh for an indefinite period of time.) Can you put think link creation at the end of the preinst, instead? Mike Stone
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