On Thu, Sep 15, 2005 at 01:33:20PM -0400, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > On Thu, Sep 15, 2005 at 05:30:30PM +0000, Thaddeus H. Black wrote: > > W. Borgert wrote: > > > Back to your question: I personally hate files that are not > > > under dpkg control, because you cannot check using debsums, > > > dpkg -L, dpkg -S, etc. > > > > This raises a topic I do not understand very well. > > Since we are already on the topic, may I ask for further > > advice?
> Would there be a problem with shipping the package with a file of the > same name and size 0, then have the postinst generate the file and > replace the empty file with the new file? That also helps keeps things > consistent as dpkg will automatically remove the generated file on > package removal or purge. MD5sum will be incorrect. /var/lib/dpkg/info/*.md5sums Justin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
