Anthony DeRobertis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Friday, February 21, 2003, at 04:40 PM, David R. Morrison wrote: > > > > The problem is that the removal of files is happening in PostRemove, > > outside > > of dpkg's control. But if you can think of an alternate way to solve > > this > > problem, I would love to hear it. > > Have one of your scripts edit the var/lib/dpkg/info/tetex-base.postrm. > I don't have a copy of Debian policy in front of me to check where you > could do this (probably even in tetex-base pre-inst, but I'd have to > check that), but I'm sure there are several places. >
Sorry, I said it wrong before: the error is in the old PreRemove script, not the PostRemove script. The problem is, the very first thing which dpkg does upon updating a package is to execute the *old* prerm script. I would never have a chance to modify that before it has done its damage. > I think you can force dpkg to try the postrm from the new package by > just replacing the old postrm with something that will fail, like "exit > 1" > > Yes, this method is evil. But I'd argue less evil than telling people > to reinstall a package. > By the way, I hope you understand that this is a one-time-only workaround for each user? It will only happen if you upgrade from tetex-1.0 to tetex-2.0. If won't happen if you subsequently update your tetex-2.0 installation, and it won't happen if you install tetex-2.0 from scratch. > PS: Please don't demolish configuration files without asking the user > --- check tetex-base.preinst. > Hopefully I clarified this point in the latest version: what is being demolished is files which are left around from the old tetex-1.0 setup. They aren't configuration files. Thanks again for the feedback: it's good to get a reaction from someone who understands (probably better than me) how this should be set up. I'm sorry that I was still unable to avoid my workaround for the update. -- Dave ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SlickEdit Inc. Develop an edge. The most comprehensive and flexible code editor you can use. Code faster. C/C++, C#, Java, HTML, XML, many more. FREE 30-Day Trial. www.slickedit.com/sourceforge _______________________________________________ Fink-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-devel
