2008/11/13 François Cerbelle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Le Jeu 13 novembre 2008 11:27, Tzafrir Cohen a écrit : >> On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 09:55:09AM +0000, Anton Piatek wrote: >>> I work for a company that uses a specific java build - we are only >>> allowed to download it from a specific internal site, that is >>> authenticated. >>> I have written a package that downloads and builds it into a deb >>> (using make-jpkg + extra definitions) as part of the postinst script. >>> I would like it to install the package too, however everything i have >>> tried doesnt work > > You can not do that. It means that your package will rebuild the child > package everytime it is installed ??? Furthermore, where a package (yours) > is installing, the dpkg/apt database is locked to prevent another dpkg/apt > from modifying it. So you will not be able to do such a strange thing. > > You should prepare a source package which use uscan or uupdate to check > for new version availlability. So, you just have to rebuild the package > each time the upstream release a new version. And push it in an intern > repository (instead of your current package). > > If you can not embed the Java in your package (as Flash, for example), > your package will only download and install the Java files in the postinst > script and remove theses files in the prerm script. > > Your problem is not different than all the packages built upon upstream > (non-debian) sources.
I am fully aware of how apt and dpkg are supposed to work - I cannot ship a precompiled deb for legal reasons, so either each user builds and installs it manually, or I try to help them. Installing this package pops up a debhelper choice of which packages they want to build and install. I suppose I am closest to m-a in how it is working. I would rather that this package pops up a menu each time it is reinstalled as it means users have some way of knowing a new upstream package is available should they wish to build and install it. I am also fully aware of how nasty this is, however I am tied by legal requirements with this package that each user has to download it themselves so the download is tracked. Trying to help, I came up with a script that can build and install the package, and I would like to put this script in a deb, and have it autorun so that we can make other packages depend on this one such that a user has a chance of getting the package built and installed easily Anton -- Anton Piatek email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] blog/photos: http://www.strangeparty.com pgp: [0xB307BAEF] (http://www.strangeparty.com/anton.asc) fingerprint: 116A 5F01 1E5F 1ADE 78C6 EDB3 B9B6 E622 B307 BAEF No trees were destroyed in the sending of this message, however, a significant number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
