Re: directory in .deb
On Wed, Apr 04, 2001 at 11:50:25AM +0200, M G Berberich wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm not sure if I'm welcome her, because I'm not maintaining a
> official debian-package but trying to make .deb's out of my tools.
>
> I have a tool that needs a directory /var/log/ppplog. It is contained
> in data.tar.gz, but tar does not set the required right on the
> directory (right?). So I set the right in the postinst script.
Why is it not correct? Did you build the package as root or under
fakeroot, or as a normal user? Have you read the various packaging
guides found on http://www.debian.org/devel/?
> The package also puts a executable in /etc/ppp/ip-down.d. Building the
> binary leads to a complain about an executable in unusual place (or
> so). Can I prevent this? Are there naming-conventions for script in
> /etc/ppp/ip-down.d?
What complains? If it's lintian and what you're doing is correct,
don't worry about it.
Julian
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