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Re: automatic installation / hooks



On Sat, Jan 09, 1999 at 04:03:29PM +0100, Wichert Akkerman wrote:
> > which would just register update-menus to be run after configuration is
> > complete. It is easy to do this in the postinst and it is more flexible than
> > the directory-changed method.
> 
> Why is this more flexible? Suppose I want to run a program everytime a
> package installs a new manpage. That would mean modifying all packages
> with manpages if you use your queueing proposal.

Right. Sorry - I did not see that problem. Actually I can't see why using
queueing is more flexible either 8-) Maybe I thought about something like
bottom halfes which are used in the kernel.

> Wichert.

cu
    Torsten

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