Hello Norbert, Norbert Preining <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Die, 20 Sep 2005, Ralf Stubner wrote: >> Is there any recommended way to register files with dpkg, when these >> files are created only during installation? > [...] >> Storing the fonts in .t1c instead of .pfb format halfs the size of the >> package, which would be quite nice to have. The problem is that most >> programs don't understand the .t1c format. Therefore the fonts are >> converted to .pfb format during installation. This of course means that >> they are not under dpkg control. They could get overwritten by other >> packages etc. > > > What I did is the following: > . create empty files instead of the real .pfb files > . call dh_md5sums > . change the DEBIAN/md5sums file to contain the real ones
Where do the real ones coming from? > . build the deb package Why not build the package the standard way and after dh_md5sums make a ">$file" (truncate the files)? This is more transparent and the user can see, that the md5sums used are the correct ones. Regards, Jörg. -- Nutze die Talente, die du hast. Die Wälder wären sehr still, wenn nur die begabtesten Vögel sängen. (Henry van Dyke) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
