Re: installer for non-free packages in contrib

[Mathieu Roy <yeupou@gnu.org>]

Ryan Underwood <nemesis-lists@icequake.net> a tapoté :

> Hi,
> 
> On Mon, Sep 08, 2003 at 10:13:59AM +0100, Colin Watson wrote:
> > On Mon, Sep 08, 2003 at 09:35:45AM +0200, Mathieu Roy wrote:
> > > Would it be acceptable to fill a bug against each installer that do
> > > not build a proper debian package when installing non-free software?
> > 
> > How can they do so? Installing a package with 'dpkg -i' in the postinst
> > of another package isn't possible, since dpkg's status area is locked.
> 
> Jumping in late here, but what about installing a list of files with the
> package that, if existing on the system, are considered to be part of
> that package; and so when the package is removed, they are removed with
> it.

There are plenty of reasons to avoid that:
        
        - not rewriting a poor dpkg just for these non-free software
          that cannot even enter non-free
        - removing an installer should not be removing an installed
          package
        - it would be a dirty hack to have vrms and usual debian tools
          to guess whether these non-free software are here or not



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