Re: directory permission not changed by dpkg
On Thu, Feb 28, 2002 at 03:58:42PM +0100, Bill Allombert wrote:
> Is there a work around ? I can use postinst script, but how can I
> handle downgrade ?
{post,pre}{inst,rm} scripts receive the version number of the replaced and
replacing versions as arguments, IIRC.
Use 'dpkg --compare-versions' to decide what to do.
Btw, I'm not addressing whether this is "legal", just that it's possible.
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