On Sat, 18 Aug 2001 14:41:17 +0200 "Marcus Brinkmann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> <snip> (and maybe, someday dpkg > will get the --do-not-run-any-packages-scripts option which lack of makes > dpkg-hurd necessary). > My understanding is dpkg --unpack runs the preinst script prior to unpacking the .tar.gz's and might run the prerm and postrm if an old package has to be removed. Why do these scripts cause a problem for the Hurd, and what is your prefered behaviour if the functionality of these scripts is required ? I updated busybox dpkg a while ago, it hasnt had much testing though. The buysbox build system hasnt changed yet, so i havent done anything about porting busybox, but the build system changes are in the pipeline. Glenn
