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Re: Perl files in base



Aargh, I'd kind of hoped that the idea of running files in
/var/lib/dpkg/info would die by itself, but I see it's not going to so
I'll have to kill it.

Do not do that.  It will probably not work even at the moment, and is
certainly not guaranteed to work in the future.

The following text, or something like it, should be added to a
relevant manual (the programmers' manual or whatever its successor
is):

 Software available in maintainer scripts
 ----------------------------------------

 All package maintainer scripts may use software in the base package
 or any other package marked essential (eg, perl-base).  If they
 require a particular version they may after consultation on
 debian-devel use Pre-Depends to ensure that the correct version is
 available.

 The postinst and prerm scripts may use any software which is provided
 by a package on which the package in question Depends.  Again, a
 specific version dependency may be used.

 Software provided by non-Essential packages may not be used in
 preinst or postrm scripts.  preinst or postrm scripts should in any
 case be used sparingly.

Ian.


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