Previously Ben Collins wrote: > Ok, here's how I see it working (the almighty master plan ;) Simpler version: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ #!/bin/sh # postinst (preinst, etc...) for package foo-dev # package related stuff log_stuff() { echo $@ | logger -p local6.info -t "pkg:foo-dev" } log_stuff " Package foo-dev may need some configuring before you can use it too full potential" if [ some test ] then echo "There was a problem with blah blah, you need to edit it manually" log_stuff "There was a problem with blah blah, you need to edit it manually" fi # end postinst ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > One thing I also see in the future for this is if dpkg and friends > implement a non-interactive process for install, then when the packages > check for this type of install it could make decisions on where and > what to output messages to. I hope that future is not too far away, and I would hate to ask developers to modify all their postinst's twice.. Wichert. -- ============================================================================== This combination of bytes forms a message written to you by Wichert Akkerman. E-Mail: wakkerma@cs.leidenuniv.nl WWW: http://www.wi.leidenuniv.nl/~wichert/
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