On Mon, Sep 27, 1999 at 11:19:05PM +0200, cavok@tech.netway.it wrote: > On Mon, Sep 27, 1999 at 03:35:12PM -0400, Peter S Galbraith wrote: > > > > package itself due to problems with dpkg. One reasonable way to accomplish > > this is to put the following in the package's postinst: > > > > if [ "$1" = "configure" ]; then > > if [ -d /usr/doc -a ! -e /usr/doc/#PACKAGE# -a -d /usr/share/doc/#PACKAGE# ]; then > > ln -sf ../share/doc/#PACKAGE# /usr/doc/#PACKAGE# > > fi > > fi > > > > And the following in the package's prerm: > > > > if [ \( "$1" = "upgrade" -o "$1" = "remove" \) -a -L /usr/doc/#PACKAGE# ]; then > > rm -f /usr/doc/#PACKAGE# > > fi > > > ok, that stuff sounds good, does work but lintian doesn't like it. > lintian prefers a naked rm -f in prerm. > > what to do? > > > -----[ Domenico Andreoli, aka cavok <cavok@freemail.it> > --[ get my public pgp key at http://www.freeweb.org/free/cavok/ > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-request@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org > As of the latest upload of lintian, it does not like shell variables in the place of the package name.. it looks for "\w+" after the "/usr/doc/" -- Please cc all mailing list replies to me, also. ========================================================================= * http://benham.net/index.html <gecko@benham.net> <>< * * -------------------- * -----------------------------------------------* * Debian Developer, Debian Project Secretary, Debian Webmaster * * <gecko@debian.org> <secretary@debian.org> <lintian-maint@debian.org> * * <webmaster@debian.org> <gecko@fortunet.com> <webmaster@spi-inc.org> * =========================================================================
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