On Mon, 27 Dec 2010 13:19:57 +0100 Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@err.no> wrote: > ]] Rahul Amaram > > > | I am the maintainer for calendarserver. I have a query reg. preinst > | script. I need to perform some action during preinst before the > | upgrade of calendarserver happens from 1.x to 2.x. For this, I > | wrote the necessary code in python in preinst script. But this was > | rejected into being accepted into squeeze as writing python code or > | calling the python interpreter in preinst is not permitted. > > As long as you have the necessary Pre-Depends, that should be fine, > I'd imagine. (You have to discuss adding the pre-depends on > debian-devel, but as long as you have a good reason to, I don't see a > problem with that.) See #608099 for rejection of the python preinst - as python is not essential, a Pre-Depends on python isn't workable. Good reason or no, there is a problem with a python preinst. Perl is a suitable alternative. -- Neil Williams ============= http://www.linux.codehelp.co.uk/
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