Re: dpkg --root=/mnt -i image-1.3.64-0.deb

[kai@khms.westfalen.de (Kai Henningsen)]

branderh@IAEhv.nl (Erick Branderhorst)  wrote on 18.03.96 in <[🔎] 199603181444.PAA08352@iaehv.IAEhv.nl>:

> This went pretty well untill the postinst script had to be done. It didn't
> work at all. It is full of absolute references to "/" instead of or more
> relative reference to "/mnt" in my case. Is the --root option directory
> passed to the postinst scripts? If so what is it 's name? If so I can
> file an enourmous amount of bugreports because nearly all post pre inst rm
> scripts have to rewriteen.???????????!!!!!!!!!!!

I agree that there should be _some_ method to do installs relative to a  
directory. It shouldn't be very difficult to write install scripts to take  
that into account, but of course they don't do that currently.


MfG Kai