Re: debconf reconfiguration from postinst of another package
Le Fri, Apr 18, 2014 at 03:56:41PM +0200, Jonas Smedegaard a écrit :
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> I find it worrisome if only mutually coordinated packages can configure
> each other: I fear that that scales badly.
Hi Jonas,
first, thanks for working on the concept of using Debian packages to
extensively reconfigure a system for a specific user base. It would be great
if we could provide a robust solution for doing this with Debian packages
available in our main archive.
This said, I do not see how it can happen without a minimum of coordination:
otherwise you will end up with a package where the chances of being broken by
an uncoordinated upload add up with each of its targets.
This minimal coordiation could be based on:
- packages providing directories in which other packages can drop
configuration files.
- packages ready to reconfigure themselves via dpkg triggers.
Is your number of targets so large that this level of coordination is not
reachable ?
Have a nice day,
--
Charles Plessy
Debian Med packaging team,
http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-med
Tsurumi, Kanagawa, Japan
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