because 'apt-get install packageA' should pick up and install all its dependencies automatically
2014-12-29 0:32 GMT+02:00 Riley Baird < bm-2cvqnduybau5do2dfjtrn7zbaj246s4...@bitmessage.ch>: > On 29/12/14 09:08, Yuri Oleynikov (יורי אולייניקוב wrote: > > Hello all > > > > So happened i'm maintainer of debian packages in my company. > > And i have the following situation: > > There're several deb packages that using debconf to ask user input during > > installation, apply initial configuration, etc with: > > * debian/package.config > > * debian/package.preinst > > * debian/package.postinst > > > > Seems quiet simple, until number of packages were grown and i noticed > that > > packageA.configs, pacakgeB...packageZ.config (the same for > > debian/package.postinsts) script code is 90% same (or atleast VERY > similar) > > code, a lot of same mistakes and bugs because of copy-pastes. > > > > OK, i wrote some shell "library" that covers that 90% code base, created > a > > package (call it libxyz-common-tools with just > > /usr/share/libxyz/config-tool, without config or pre-postinst - just > > unpack), let make packageA-packageZ be depends or pre-depends on it. > > > > apt-get install libxyz-common-tools > > apt-get install packageA > > > > Everything is OK. > > > > But, when installing packageA without libxyz-common-tools is > preinstalled - > > packageA.config script won' run? > > > > Is there any way to solve the problem? > > I'm confused as to what you mean. If libxyz-common-tools is a dependency > of packageA, then why would you be trying to install packageA without > libxyz-common-tools installed? > > > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: https://lists.debian.org/54a08504.1060...@bitmessage.ch > >
