Has anyone looked at the ipkg (sp?) format used on Compaq iPaqs? Its an cut-down dpkg format for embedded use. (I've just heard of it, not investigated it. A comparison by someone who knows both, and the debate over dpkg v2, would be nice). Regards, Alastair On Thu, 2003-02-27 at 17:56, Martin Sjögren wrote: > tor 2003-02-27 klockan 17.34 skrev Branden Robinson: > > [I have set Mail-Followup-To; please To/CC me on replies. > > How feasible would it be to use udebs as "real" packages? I note that > > udpkg appears to support maintainer scripts, though I don't know it > > supports them as comprehensively as regular dpkg (see sections 6.4 and > > 6.5 of the Debian Policy Manual). > > I'm not quite sure what it is you are asking. Are you asking for how > nifty things you can do with udpkg? Right now, udpkg only calls > /.../package.config configure > /.../package.postinst configure > and that's it. I don't see how we would need any *rm scripts in the > installer. :) > > This can, I guess, be expanded if dpkg being tiny is more important than > dpkg being stellar at maintainer scripts. > > > Another approach we're thinking about is regular dpkg support for > > directory exclusion during package unpack, for things like documentation > > and localization files. Of course, that's more an issue for > > debian-dpkg... :) > > Isn't that what has been discussed before, for handhelds and stuff? If > you're willing to make udebs anyway, you won't need this though, as I > don't see why dpkg wouldn't be able to handle udebs. There's nothing > magic about udebs, they just happen to have different names and don't > follow policy more than they like... > > > /Martin -- Alastair McKinstry <mckinstry@computer.org> GPG Key fingerprint = 9E64 E714 8E08 81F9 F3DC 1020 FA8E 3790 9051 38F4 He that would make his own liberty secure must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself. - --Thomas Paine
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