Re: debconf reconfiguration from postinst of another package
Le Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 01:50:40PM +0200, Jonas Smedegaard a écrit :
> How to reconfigure one package from another?
>
> I want to reconfigure packages from other packages.
>
> Example:
>
> * package foo-player
> + supports both JackD and PulseAudio, but only one
> + asks which method to use via debconf
> * package bar-studio-desktop
> + depends on xfce4, jackd2 and foo-player
> + conflicts against bar-office-desktop
> + postinst script asks foo-player to use JackD
> * package bar-office-desktop
> + depends on xfce4, pulseaudio and foo-player
> + conflicts against bar-studio-desktop
> + postinst script asks foo-player to use PulseAudio.
>
> How could such postinst scripts look?
Hi Jonas,
If the maintainer scripts of the three packages can cooperate, have you
considered using Dpkg triggers ?
Have a nice day
--
Charles Plessy
Tsurumi, Kanagawa, Japan
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