On Sun, 18 Mar 2001 16:11:47 +0100 Eric Van Buggenhaut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
:
> On Sun, Mar 18, 2001 at 02:29:31AM +0100, Ivo Timmermans wrote:
[...]
> > So I wondered if I could somehow find out if the user is upgrading
> > from a version before this upstream version, and issue a message
> > referring to a document somewhere in /usr/share/doc during postinst.
>
> I have faced the same problem with a package for the last days. If you find
> out, please let me know :-)
>From /usr/share/doc/packaging-manual/packaging.html/
ch-maintainerscripts.html:
6.2 Summary of ways maintainer scripts are called
...
* postinst configure most-recently-configured-version
So if the old upstream version was configured properly, postinst will get
its version number.
But - do NOT do this just by echoing stuff out from postinst; this breaks
for non-interactive installs. Read up on debconf and have it display a
note for the user (as the non-interactive frontend will mail root with
this note). It also might be a good idea to read up on debconf anyway so
you can use it to configure the package :)
Hope this helps,
-chris
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