It should be worthwhile to note that there is an upstream "common" postinst that is available with DKMS 2.1.0 and later. It would be most ideal to work off that if at all possible.
http://linux.dell.com/git/?p=dkms.git;a=blob;f=dkms_common.postinst;h=0424b76dc8075a741d190e62a7c237e4ab8c87a8;hb=HEAD Here's how it's normally used in the DKMS mkdeb template: http://linux.dell.com/git/?p=dkms.git;a=blob;f=template-dkms-mkdeb/debian/postinst;h=d856c08349812564602ff49335968f6763fc3af8;hb=HEAD Regards Frédéric Brière wrote: > Package: dkms > Version: 2.1.0.1-1 > Severity: wishlist > > Now that DKMS has been proclaimed as the Way of the Future[tm] for > Debian, it would be nice to have a dh_dkms to take care of the heavy > lifting, at least regarding the postinst/prerm. (I think #553542 > nicely illustrates that need.) > > I wouldn't mind lending a hand on the Perl/Debhelper side of things if > need be. > > > -- System Information: > Debian Release: squeeze/sid > APT prefers unstable > APT policy: (500, 'unstable') > Architecture: i386 (i686) > > Kernel: Linux 2.6.26.8 (SMP w/1 CPU core) > Locale: LANG=en_CA.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_CA.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) > Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash > > Versions of packages dkms depends on: > ii build-essential 11.4 Informational list of > build-essent > ii dpkg-dev 1.15.4.1 Debian package development tools > ii gcc 4:4.3.3-9+nmu1 The GNU C compiler > ii make 3.81-6 An utility for Directing > compilati > ii module-init-tools 3.11-1 tools for managing Linux kernel > mo > > Versions of packages dkms recommends: > ii fakeroot 1.14.3 Gives a fake root environment > ii linux-headers-2.6. 2.6.26.8-10.00.Custom Header files related to Linux > kern > ii linux-image-2.6.26 2.6.26.8-10.00.Custom Linux kernel binary image for > vers > ii lsb-release 3.2-23 Linux Standard Base version > report > ii menu 2.1.42 generates programs menu for all > me > ii patch 2.5.9-5 Apply a diff file to an original > ii sudo 1.7.2p1-1 Provide limited super user > privile > > dkms suggests no packages. > > -- no debconf information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Pkg-dkms-maint mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/pkg-dkms-maint > -- Mario Limonciello *Dell | Linux Engineering* [email protected]
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