Re: /etc/shells management
On Sun, 7 Sep 2003 07:24:42 +0200, Martin Godisch <martin@godisch.de> said:
> 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).
So create a file in the postinst that signifies the
/etc/shells is configured, and remove it on removal. This file is
not a conffile; it so, if it exists, do nothing, if it does not
exist, add.
Simple, huh?
>> :
>>
>> fi ;;
manoj
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