Re: Draft spec for new dpkg "triggers" feature
* Ian Jackson:
> Florian Weimer writes ("Re: Draft spec for new dpkg "triggers" feature"):
>> [Ian Jackson:]
>> > To restore a package in state `triggered' to `installed', dpkg will
>> > run the postinst script:
>> > postinst triggered "<trigger-name> <trigger-name> ..."
>>
>> Is this completely POSIX-conforming if there are many triggers?
>
> You seem to be worried about command line argument length limits,
> although I'm forced to read between the lines. It would be more
> helpful if you were more explicit.
Oops. I had my mind elsewhere.
> 2. That's irrelevant. dpkg does not need to run on every
> POSIX-confirming system.
I'm more concerned by people who insist on running maintainer scripts
with castrated, yet POSIX-conforming shells.
Personally, I wouldn't object to something in Policy which mandates
that /bin/sh must support the system's ARG_MAX value, and must not
impose a different limit.
> (CC to debian-devel and debian-policy removed. Did you deliberately
> fail to honour my Reply-To header or did something strip it out
> somewhere?)
Seems to be the fault of my Gnus configuration. Sorry.
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