Re: logging for package installs

[Adam Heath <doogie@debian.org>]

On Thu, 3 Jul 2003, Joey Hess wrote:

> #!/bin/sh
> if [ "$1" = configure ] && grep -q evil /etc/myconfig; then
> 	dpkg-log --priority=critical \
> 	         --warning=$"/etc/myconfig has evil in it! See README.Debian!"
> elsif [ "$phase_of_moon" = full ]; then
> 	dpkg-log --priority=critical \
> 	         --error=$"This package only upgrades during new moons."
> 	exit 1
> fi

Please call it deb-log, not dpkg-log.

Also, note that $"" is bash, not posix, while your #! line is only /bin/sh.