Hi, Currently, /usr/bin/dpkg-maintscript-helper is a part of dpkg. However, I don't think this is nice for backports. Let's say a package needs to use dir_to_symlink which was introduced in 1.17.2 according the the changelog, and only working since 1.17.5, then that said package can't be backported easily. (this is a real life example here, though I don't think it's necessary to tell which package I'm talking about)
Backporting the full of dpkg itself isn't needed, and would be annoying to do and maintain. The only solution I have currently have would be embedding my own copy of dir_to_symlink in my package, which I really would like to avoid (do I need to explain why this is very ugly?). So I wonder, could dpkg-maintscript-helper be in another source package than dpkg, so that it could be easily backported? It'd be nice to have the dpkg maintainers opinion. Thoughts anyone? Cheers, Thomas Goirand (zigo) P.S: I'm registered to the BPO list, but not the dpkg one. No need to Cc me if both list are kept as To:. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
