Removing directories in postrm ?
A few of python's postinst scripts byte-compile the source files they install. The byte-compiled files are to be removed by the postrm scripts (a script removes all byte-compiled files where sources can't be found). Now if the python package had created a new directory, this directory is not empty until after postrm and won't be removed therefore. Should I keep this procedure and perhaps try to remove the directory in postrm with something like (rmdir /usr/lib/python1.5/lib-tk 2/dev/null || true) ? The user still will get a warning about the non-empty directory. Should I come up with a solution that tries to remove the byte-compiled files in the prerm ? (I had to keep track of the files that were created in postinst). Or should I include the byte-compiled files in the packages ? Gregor --- |Gregor Hoffleit Mathematisches Institut, Uni HD| | [EMAIL PROTECTED] INF 288, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany | | (NeXTmail, MIME) (49)6221 54-5771fax 54-8312 | | We will make windows invisible | -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Removing directories in postrm ?
A few of python's postinst scripts byte-compile the source files they install. The byte-compiled files are to be removed by the postrm scripts (a script removes all byte-compiled files where sources can't be found). Now if the python package had created a new directory, this directory is not empty until after postrm and won't be removed therefore. Should I keep this procedure and perhaps try to remove the directory in postrm with something like (rmdir /usr/lib/python1.5/lib-tk 2/dev/null || true) ? The user still will get a warning about the non-empty directory. Should I come up with a solution that tries to remove the byte-compiled files in the prerm ? (I had to keep track of the files that were created in postinst). Or should I include the byte-compiled files in the packages ? If that directory contains files generted in package's postinst, I think you should also create that directory there, and remove it in postrm. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
