Ryan Underwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a tapoté : > Hi, > > On Mon, Sep 08, 2003 at 10:13:59AM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > > On Mon, Sep 08, 2003 at 09:35:45AM +0200, Mathieu Roy wrote: > > > Would it be acceptable to fill a bug against each installer that do > > > not build a proper debian package when installing non-free software? > > > > How can they do so? Installing a package with 'dpkg -i' in the postinst > > of another package isn't possible, since dpkg's status area is locked. > > Jumping in late here, but what about installing a list of files with the > package that, if existing on the system, are considered to be part of > that package; and so when the package is removed, they are removed with > it.
There are plenty of reasons to avoid that: - not rewriting a poor dpkg just for these non-free software that cannot even enter non-free - removing an installer should not be removing an installed package - it would be a dirty hack to have vrms and usual debian tools to guess whether these non-free software are here or not -- Mathieu Roy Homepage: http://yeupou.coleumes.org Not a native english speaker: http://stock.coleumes.org/doc.php?i=/misc-files/flawed-english