On Wed, 5 Mar 2003 11:25:07 +0100, Jeremie Koenig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Well, there already have been a lot of suggestions, but why do you need >to create the file at install time ? Can't you just generate it in >debian/rules, and include it in the package ?
Because I don't find that approach very elegant, and it is also error prone. Imagine a local user diverting the file that I use for package version indication. The information which version is installed is already there, in the dpkg database. I only need to be able to access it. 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
