Thomas Wolff writes: >> How are updates to man-db, /etc/man_db.conf etc. handled? > I checked the man-db postinstall script, and it does not overwrite > man_db.conf if it exists already, so the modification will persist.
No postinstall script should ever modify files in /etc if they have been changed from their default. By extension, they shouldn't do any editing there either. >> Is a permanent postinstall script provided to maintain the conf on man-db >> updates? > Not needed under the observation above. If it were, how would a > permanent postinstall be deployed? By naming it correctly and making sure it behaves sensibly considering that it runs each time setup finishes, i.e. exiting as early as possible if there's nothing to do, using dash instead of bash and a number of other things. Regards, Achim. -- +<[Q+ Matrix-12 WAVE#46+305 Neuron microQkb Andromeda XTk Blofeld]>+ SD adaptations for KORG EX-800 and Poly-800MkII V0.9: http://Synth.Stromeko.net/Downloads.html#KorgSDada
