Re: tempfile <-> IO::Handle::new_tmpfile?

To: "Marcelo E. Magallon" <mmagallo@efis.ucr.ac.cr>, Debian Mentors <debian-mentors@lists.debian.org>
Subject: Re: tempfile <-> IO::Handle::new_tmpfile?
From: Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net>
Date: Sat, 11 Jul 1998 15:50:35 -0700
Message-id: <[🔎] 19980711155035.C22650@kitenet.net>
In-reply-to: <[🔎] 19980711153457.A3542@efis.ucr.ac.cr>; from Marcelo E. Magallon on Sat, Jul 11, 1998 at 03:34:57PM -0600
References: <[🔎] 19980711153457.A3542@efis.ucr.ac.cr>

Marcelo E. Magallon wrote:
> Hi,
> 
>    can I use IO::Handle::new_tmpfile in an Perl script that's run on
>  postinst? The package has to Predepend on perl, right? 

Why not just depend on debianutils (>= 1.6) and use the tempfile command?

>  I'll use this
>  tempfile to modify a conffile (it *has* to be modified, it's not an
>  option)...

If it has to be modified, policy says it cannot be a conffile. Postinst
could create it instead.

-- 
see shy jo


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