Re: maintainer script factorization
On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 03:41:17PM -0500, Justin Pryzby wrote: Colin watson wrote about a scenario where he apparently needed to do this: http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2006/12/msg00647.html Yes, if you need to use the contents of the package's files in the preinst then you need to do this sort of thing. Of course, that particular hack is only necessary for upgrades from pre-etch, thank goodness. -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
maintainer script factorization
Hi all, frequently maintainer scripts modify the same files and to avoid duplication of path names etc in all scripts I was wondering if they could be factorized anywhere. The obvious solution of installing something like /usr/share/package/common.sh and sourcing it in the maintainer scripts doesn't work as the package files may already have been removed. Any ideas or is this impossible? Thanks, Martin Fuzzey
Re: maintainer script factorization
On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 07:07:54PM +0100, Martin Fuzzey wrote: Hi all, frequently maintainer scripts modify the same files and to avoid duplication of path names etc in all scripts I was wondering if they could be factorized anywhere. The obvious solution of installing something like /usr/share/package/common.sh and sourcing it in the maintainer scripts doesn't work as the package files may already have been removed. Any ideas or is this impossible? You can include some kind of common script and use .in files parsed as with #DEBHELPER# or such. Perhaps use cpp instead of sed for this, or someone will suggest a better way yet. ./debian/maintscript-common: # Begin debian/maintscript-common shell fragment [...] # End maintscript-common ./debian/postinst.in: #! /bin/sh # Postinstallation script for foo #MAINTSCRIPT-COMMON# [...] ./debian/rules: clean: dh_clean debian/postinst debian/preinst debian/postrm debian/prerm binary: [...] set -e; cd debian; for m in postinst preinst postrm prerm; \ do \ f='maintscript-common'; \ [ ! -e $$m.in ] continue; \ exec $$m.in $$m; \ sed -e s/^#MAINTSCRIPT-COMMON#$$//; T; r $$f; \ done [...] dh_installdeb [...] Colin watson wrote about a scenario where he apparently needed to do this: http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2006/12/msg00647.html Justin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
