On Fri, Jun 29, 2001 at 04:00:47AM +1000, Sam Johnston wrote: > Hello all, > > I'm trying my hand at a somewhat more challenging package this time, which > uses debconf to extract a username and password from the user whichi is > stored in a config file in /etc and used to start a daemon (specifically a > login client). I've got a couple of problems though: > > - debconf doesn't append '|| true' to the init.d stop in prerm. this > means that when start-stop-daemon returns 1 the removal/upgrade fails > miserably if the daemon isn't running or can't be stopped. imho this is > broken (although it may be better than removing a package under a daemon > that refuses to stop?). how do i get around this? ignore it? > > - install -m 600 myfile /etc/myfile doesn't set the permissions > appropriately (?)
Why do u want perm 600 ? dh_fixperms should automatically fix perms of files correctly. > > - debconf was surprisingly easy... however creating the config files once > the information has been obtained wasn't. i would have liked to have > filled in a template but ended up doing 'echo "key value" >> /etc/myfile'. > is there a 'standard' way of doing this? perhaps i should be using perl > and text::template? > > Any assistance would be most appreciated, > > - samj > > -- Eric VAN BUGGENHAUT [EMAIL PROTECTED]
