howto create debian package with conf files

2008-10-25 Thread lucas kenter
Hello, I would like to create a debian package for a simple project that I've created. The project contains only scripts, so there is no makefile or anything like that. For the script to work I would like to prompt for some simple questions like what url should be used, what organisation does

Re: howto create debian package with conf files

2008-10-25 Thread Matthew Palmer
On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 11:21:19PM +0200, lucas kenter wrote: I would like to create a debian package for a simple project that I've created. The project contains only scripts, so there is no makefile or anything like that. For the script to work I would like to prompt for some simple

Re: howto create debian package with conf files

2008-10-25 Thread lucas kenter
Wow, Thanks for the quick and helpfull response Matthew and ehm... I suppose this is what they mean by Debians helpfull community! I'm possitively amazed! :-D one more question though, So you could do something like this in your postinst: if [ $1 = configure -a $2 = ]; then # Ask

Re: howto create debian package with conf files

2008-10-25 Thread Matthew Palmer
On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 12:10:26AM +0200, lucas kenter wrote: Wow, Thanks for the quick and helpfull response Matthew and ehm... I suppose this is what they mean by Debians helpfull community! I'm possitively amazed! :-D one more question though, So you could do something like this