On Sun, Jul 12, 1998 at 09:26:54AM -0600, Marcelo E. Magallon wrote: > On Sat, Jul 11, 1998 at 03:50:35PM -0700, Joey Hess wrote: > > > > can I use IO::Handle::new_tmpfile in an Perl script that's run on > > > postinst? The package has to Predepend on perl, right? > > > > Why not just depend on debianutils (>= 1.6) and use the tempfile > > command? > > There's nothing wrong with debianutils... this is more a meta > question, I was just wondering if I could use the Perl provided > method... and debianutils is part of the base system, and it's > requiered, so there's no need to depend on it, is there?
It's the version you have to depend on. tempfile is not in early versions of debianutils. Dan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

