Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> > It would be no problem if i did the above from start, would it ?
>>
>> Yes.
>
> So, this would be only for existing -byte packages, right ?
Yes.
>> >> I have a trick in my icewm{-gnome} maintainer scripts that work this
>> >> around.
>> >
>> > What is the trick ? Make sure it is a symlink in a postinst ?
>>
>> For icewm-gnome:
>>
>> --------------------------
>>
>> preinst:
>>
>> case "$1" in
>> install|upgrade)
>> if [ -n "$2" ] && dpkg --compare-versions "$2" lt "1.0.8.6-1"
>> then
>> if [ -d /usr/share/doc/icewm-gnome ]; then
>> mv /usr/share/doc/icewm-gnome \
>> /usr/share/doc/icewm-gnome.moved-by-preinst
>> fi
>> fi
>> ;;
>> esac
>
> Mmm, it should no be necessary to move it, i could remove it all the
> same, since i _know_ that /usr/share/doc/spamoracle-byte belongs to
> spamoracle-byte, and is part of the package i am installing.
Yes, but the move is for rollback purpose which is important to
me: if the install should fail at any step, you should be able
to revert the changes, because dpkg acts that way.
Cheers,
--
Jérôme Marant
http://marant.org
