Re: [erbenson@alaska.net: Re: Still no base tarball]
On Sun, Aug 19, 2001 at 01:12:17PM +1000, Glenn McGrath wrote:
> dpkg --unpack runs the preinst script prior to unpacking the .tar.gz's and
> might run the prerm and postrm if an old package has to be removed.
>
> Why do these scripts cause a problem for the Hurd, and what is your
> prefered behaviour if the functionality of these scripts is required ?
It only creates ap roblem when installing the Hurd from Linux.
The cross in cross-install refers to cross-platform.
I would appreciate it if I could avoid to call ANY scripts. You can't run
the scripts in the chroot dpkg is creating because the Hurd shell binary
doesn't run on Linux (so do all other binaries, as a matter of fact).
> I updated busybox dpkg a while ago, it hasnt had much testing though. The
> buysbox build system hasnt changed yet, so i havent done anything about
> porting busybox, but the build system changes are in the pipeline.
Cool. I will try to get closer to the debian installer soon, hurd-wise.
Marcus
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