Re: /etc/shells management

[Martin Godisch <martin@godisch.de>]

On Sat, Sep 06, 2003 at 15:32:58 -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote:

> case "$1" in
>   configure)
>     # Configure this package.  If the package must prompt the user for
>     # information, do it here.
>     # There are three sub-cases:
>     if test "${2+set}" != set; then
>       # We're being installed by an ancient dpkg which doesn't remember
>       # which version was most recently configured, or even whether
>       # there is a most recently configured version.
>       :
> 
>     elif test -z "$2" -o "$2" = "<unknown>"; then
>       # The package has not ever been configured on this system, or was
>       # purged since it was last configured.
>       :
> 
>     else
>       # Version $2 is the most recently configured version of this
>       # package.

        # Shell may be missing in /etc/shells because the sysadmin
        # decided to remove it (so be it) or the package has been
        # removed but not purged (add it again).

>       :
> 
>     fi ;;

Kind regards,

Martin