Re: postinst?

1999-09-06 Thread Roderick Schertler
On Thu, 2 Sep 1999 14:27:51 +0100 (BST), Julian Gilbey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > postinst: > - > #! /bin/sh One is supposed to use the -e switch here, or to set it from inside. -- Roderick Schertler [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: postinst?

1999-09-06 Thread Josip Rodin
On Mon, Sep 06, 1999 at 03:07:13PM +0200, Christian T. Steigies wrote: > > I agree with this approach. You should always check what $1 (and other > > arguments) is/are, to avoid duplicating the installation time of a package. > > Tip: prerm script should usually check this: [ "$1" != "upgrade" ] .

Re: postinst?

1999-09-06 Thread Julian Gilbey
> On Thu, Sep 02, 1999 at 02:27:51PM +0100, Julian Gilbey wrote: > > Incidentally, for debhelper to put *anything* in a maintainer script > > ({pre,post}{inst,rm}), you need to have at least the following minimal > > script: > > > > #! /bin/sh > > > > #DEBHELPER# > > > > I don't believe that deb

Re: postinst?

1999-09-06 Thread Christian T. Steigies
On Mon, 6 Sep 1999, Josip Rodin wrote: > On Thu, Sep 02, 1999 at 02:27:51PM +0100, Julian Gilbey wrote: > > I don't believe that debhelper will create the script otherwise. > > It will. If you don't have postinst, but dh_* scripts create > postinst.debhelper, dh_installdeb will copy that to > deb

Re: cross-overwrites in packages

1999-09-06 Thread Josip Rodin
Cross posting to -mentors, for obvious reasons. On Mon, Sep 06, 1999 at 11:41:43AM +0100, Gordon Russell wrote: > I have just updated blt and blt-dev. One of the changes was to move > something from blt to blt-dev, and another change was to move something > from blt-dev to blt. Now when apt updat

Re: postinst?

1999-09-06 Thread Josip Rodin
On Thu, Sep 02, 1999 at 02:27:51PM +0100, Julian Gilbey wrote: > Incidentally, for debhelper to put *anything* in a maintainer script > ({pre,post}{inst,rm}), you need to have at least the following minimal > script: > > #! /bin/sh > > #DEBHELPER# > > I don't believe that debhelper will create t

Re: one on one help

1999-09-06 Thread Julian Gilbey
> Thank you for your time. I am new to the debian word but I do have > a server in place. I would like to learn more about the system > such as trouble shooting, up keep of the system. I am running > version 1.3 right now and Have had no problems for over 100 > days. Hello John! The best