On Mon, Jan 17, 2005 at 11:18:06PM +0200, Lars Wirzenius wrote: > tags 289702 patch > thanks > > Attached is a patch that adds a wrapper around update-menus so that it > is always executable. The wrapper checks for the existence > for /etc/menu/unconfigured, preinst creates it, postinst removes it and > runs update-menus. This should fix the bug, I think.
I have a similar fix in my repository: I don't use a state file but the /usr/bin/update-menus.real x permission bit. > Also, eventually it > should be possible to get rid of all the testing of whether update-menus > is executable in postinsts of other packages. I don't think it make any sense. We will still have to check if the file /usr/bin/update-menus exists before executing it so doing test -e instead of test -x does not give you anything. > I have tested the patch by installing woody on a scratch machine (fairly > minimal installation, though), then adding ghostview and menu to it, > then dist-upgrading to sarge plus a menu package with this patch > applied. There were no problems. Admittedly, this is not a through test. No, it is not a test at all since ghostview maintainer scripts are not run during the dist-upgrade since ghostview status does not change, so it works even with the current menu. Anyway, thanks for your efforts! They were appreciated! Cheers, -- Bill. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Imagine a large red swirl here. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
