On Tue, 4 Mar 2003 17:22:51 -0600, Graham Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Tue, Mar 04, 2003 at 05:01:36PM +0100, Marc Haber wrote: >> Well, I wouldn't have posted without first consulting policy and >> developer's reference. Section 6.4 doesn't seem to document any >> maintainer script of the package being installed being called with the >> new version number as a parameter, so I was actually hoping that dpkg >> sends that information in the environment or somewhere else. > >in what particular maintainer script are you trying to get this >information?
In postinst. >> Maybe I have missed something, but again, simply hurling an >> unspecified pointer to the docs doesn't help. > >sorry again. i will try to be more verbose next time. No offense taken. Greetings Marc -- -------------------------------------- !! No courtesy copies, please !! ----- Marc Haber | " Questions are the | Mailadresse im Header Karlsruhe, Germany | Beginning of Wisdom " | Fon: *49 721 966 32 15 Nordisch by Nature | Lt. Worf, TNG "Rightful Heir" | Fax: *49 721 966 31 29