> On 07/04/13 18:12, Andrew Spiers wrote: > > hacked the postinst script to set the permission I wanted, so bind9 > > installs properly. > > > > diff --git a/debian/bind9.postinst b/debian/bind9.postinst > > I find myself having to make hacks like that all the time. The Debian > pre/postinst scripts are notoriously fragile, particularly when working > within chroots or if it tries to talk to something via D-Bus. > > Often it's faster to put a "exit 0" up the top of the pre/postinst and > then manually fix up what's wrong, than to decipher the horrible scripts. > > Working around problems in packaging is an incredibly unrewarding > experience. >
I've had to do that before too. It would be nice if there was a --force-preinit-success or --force-postinit-success or something. James _______________________________________________ luv-main mailing list [email protected] http://lists.luv.asn.au/listinfo/luv-main
