Re: Querying what packages are installed in postinst

2003-05-27 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Tue, May 27, 2003 at 08:28:55AM +, Alan Woodland wrote: For the next version of a package which I currently have sponsored in Debian (mozilla-mozgest) I want to add support for mozilla-firebird (preliminary packages are avalible from http://people.debian.org/~eric/debian/i386) and

Re: Querying what packages are installed in postinst

2003-05-27 Thread Alan Woodland
Mike Hommey wrote: It's a bit much for too few. Just take a look at my mozilla-tabextensions package, for instance. I think this is the best way to handle the situation. BTW, I'm currently writing a mozilla extensions mini-policy, which should be done by tomorrow, I'll send it on debian-devel

Querying what packages are installed in postinst

2003-05-27 Thread Alan Woodland
For the next version of a package which I currently have sponsored in Debian (mozilla-mozgest) I want to add support for mozilla-firebird (preliminary packages are avalible from http://people.debian.org/~eric/debian/i386) and mozilla-snapshot. The problem is that in order to do this I need to

Re: Querying what packages are installed in postinst

2003-05-27 Thread Frank Küster
Alan Woodland [EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb: Basicaly what I'd like to know is if theres a nicer way to test if a package is installed than just testing the existance of files that the package would create if it was installed? Why not use dpkg --get-selections $otherpackage | grep install

Re: Querying what packages are installed in postinst

2003-05-27 Thread José Luis Tallón
At 08:28 27/05/2003 +, you wrote: For the next version of a package which I currently have sponsored in Debian (mozilla-mozgest) I want to add support for mozilla-firebird (preliminary packages are avalible from http://people.debian.org/~eric/debian/i386) and mozilla-snapshot. The problem

Re: Querying what packages are installed in postinst

2003-05-27 Thread Leo \Costela\ Antunes
'dpkg -l package-name' has the official answer. Of course the package _might_ have been removed manually, but in that case the user has already messed up with all infrastructure we care to provide =] I belive this method should be enough. Cheers On Ter, 2003-05-27 at 05:28, Alan Woodland wrote:

Re: Querying what packages are installed in postinst

2003-05-27 Thread Andreas Metzler
On Tue, May 27, 2003 at 08:28:55AM +, Alan Woodland wrote: For the next version of a package which I currently have sponsored in Debian (mozilla-mozgest) I want to add support for mozilla-firebird (preliminary packages are avalible from http://people.debian.org/~eric/debian/i386) and

Re: Querying what packages are installed in postinst

2003-05-27 Thread Bas Zoetekouw
Hi Alan! You wrote: For the next version of a package which I currently have sponsored in Debian (mozilla-mozgest) I want to add support for mozilla-firebird (preliminary packages are avalible from http://people.debian.org/~eric/debian/i386) and mozilla-snapshot. The problem is that in

Re: Querying what packages are installed in postinst

2003-05-27 Thread Colin Watson
On Mon, May 26, 2003 at 10:42:23AM -0300, Leo Costela Antunes wrote: 'dpkg -l package-name' has the official answer. Of course the package _might_ have been removed manually, but in that case the user has already messed up with all infrastructure we care to provide =] I belive this method

Re: Querying what packages are installed in postinst

2003-05-27 Thread José Luis Tallón
Date: Tue, 27 May 2003 11:53:08 +0200 To: Bas Zoetekouw [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: José Luis Tallón [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Querying what packages are installed in postinst At 11:26 27/05/2003 +0200, you wrote: Hi Alan! You wrote: For the next version of a package which I currently

Re: Querying what packages are installed in postinst

2003-05-27 Thread Mike Hommey
On Tuesday 27 May 2003 11:53, José Luis Tallón wrote: [snip] mozgest-mozilla: Depends: mozilla-browser Conflicts: mozgest-firebird, firebird Replaces: mozgest-firebird Provides: mozilla-gestures mozgest-firebird: Depends: firebird

Re: Querying what packages are installed in postinst

2003-05-27 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Tue, May 27, 2003 at 08:28:55AM +, Alan Woodland wrote: For the next version of a package which I currently have sponsored in Debian (mozilla-mozgest) I want to add support for mozilla-firebird (preliminary packages are avalible from http://people.debian.org/~eric/debian/i386) and

Re: Querying what packages are installed in postinst

2003-05-27 Thread Alan Woodland
Mike Hommey wrote: It's a bit much for too few. Just take a look at my mozilla-tabextensions package, for instance. I think this is the best way to handle the situation. BTW, I'm currently writing a mozilla extensions mini-policy, which should be done by tomorrow, I'll send it on