Bug#881432: debian-policy: Please clarify postinst invocation upon first installation
control: tag -1 -patch Hello again, On Sat, Nov 11 2017, Christoph Biedl wrote: > 6.5. Summary of ways maintainer scripts are called > > in the paragraph after > > "postinst configure most-recently-configured-version" > > Suggested wording: > > | If this package was prevously uninstalled, the > | "most-recently-configured-version" string is empty. Sorry, I spoke too soon. I withdraw my second. Currently we have: > If there is no most recently configured version ``dpkg`` will pass a > null argument. This seems to cover your case, but maybe you don't think it's sufficient? Further, in dpkg terminology packages aren't "uninstalled" but they are "removed". So even if we make a change your wording would not be advisable. -- Sean Whitton signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Bug#881432: debian-policy: Please clarify postinst invocation upon first installation
On Sat, Nov 11, 2017 at 07:08:41PM +0100, Christoph Biedl wrote: > 6.5. Summary of ways maintainer scripts are called > > in the paragraph after > > "postinst configure most-recently-configured-version" > > Suggested wording: > > | If this package was prevously uninstalled, the > | "most-recently-configured-version" string is empty. Seconded. > Reading src/configure.c in dpkg, this should be technically correct. Isn't there some dpkg manpage or document also nicely documenting this somewhere? I know guillem went to great effort of documenting how dpkg behaves. -- regards, Mattia Rizzolo GPG Key: 66AE 2B4A FCCF 3F52 DA18 4D18 4B04 3FCD B944 4540 .''`. more about me: https://mapreri.org : :' : Launchpad user: https://launchpad.net/~mapreri `. `'` Debian QA page: https://qa.debian.org/developer.php?login=mattia `- signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Bug#881432: debian-policy: Please clarify postinst invocation upon first installation
control: -1 +patch Hello Christoph, On Sat, Nov 11 2017, Christoph Biedl wrote: > 6.5. Summary of ways maintainer scripts are called > > in the paragraph after > > "postinst configure most-recently-configured-version" > > Suggested wording: > > | If this package was prevously uninstalled, the > | "most-recently-configured-version" string is empty. Seconded. -- Sean Whitton signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Bug#881432: debian-policy: Please clarify postinst invocation upon first installation
Package: debian-policy Version: 4.1.1.1 Severity: wishlist Hello, the question of how to tell in postinst whether this is an upgrade or a first installation comes up every now and then. Again yesterday in #debian-mentors. Therefore I'm asking for a clarifcation in 6.5. Summary of ways maintainer scripts are called in the paragraph after "postinst configure most-recently-configured-version" Suggested wording: | If this package was prevously uninstalled, the | "most-recently-configured-version" string is empty. Reading src/configure.c in dpkg, this should be technically correct. Also testing for an empty $2 in postinst is common according to codesearch[1]. Regards, Christoph [1] https://codesearch.debian.net/search?q=-z+%22%5C%242%22+path%3Adebian%2F*.postinst signature.asc Description: Digital signature
