On Tue, 03 Apr 2007 19:27:17 +0000 Lars Wirzenius <liw@liw.iki.fi> wrote: > On ti, 2007-04-03 at 16:28 +0100, Neil Williams wrote: > With regards to Debian Policy, you need to read section 10.7. That's why I'm changing the existing method (which does simply append data to /etc/apt/sources.list). The previous hack isn't good. :-) However, determining the suite from within postinst is my main issue at the moment. Is it safe to use `apt-cache policy` ? > Basically, since sources.list is a configuration file belonging to > apt, your package may only edit it in postinst if apt provides > commands for doing so. I don't think apt does that, but I could be > wrong. It does have a method: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ I'm going to put a sources file in there which can be purged when the package is purged. > With regards to the life of a sysadmin, don't do it. I can't see sysadmins having to manage many cross-building buildd machines but I will provide a README.Debian. The Emdebian repository only stores the cross-building toolchains. > Provide a README.Debian that tells what needs to be done, and > possibly provide a command to do it easily. The package is unusable without the added sources. Providing a userspace command doesn't ensure that the repository is removed from the sources list when the package is purged. The modified package is currently in the Emdebian repository, v0.1.4. -- Neil Williams ============= http://www.data-freedom.org/ http://www.nosoftwarepatents.com/ http://www.linux.codehelp.co.uk/
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