Re: Bug#148172: command -v in postinsts violating policy
On Sat, May 25, 2002 at 09:39:28PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote:
> Clint Adams wrote:
> > > Such as?
> >
> > test -x /usr/sbin/install-docs || echo hi
>
> Personally, the only such paths I ever hard code are /etc, #!/bin/sh,
> and #!/usr/bin/perl, and I've been thinking about using the env trick
> for that last. ess hardcoded paths is good for flexability, and avoid
> possible future nasty transitions if the file moves.
It also makes it easier to do Stupid Package Tricks like post-
processing packages to install into /opt/debian/ (on a non-Debian
system, of course), where the path is /opt/debian/bin:/opt/debian/usr/bin.
Yes, I've tried this. (I claim no sanity.) No, this doesn't work
even remotely well right now. But it may be interesting in the
distant future, given how well dpkg-cross works.
dave...
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