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Re: Debconf question only on upgrade



On Mon, Jul 22, 2002 at 04:42:57PM +0200, Andreas Rottmann wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> I'd like to know how to have debconf templates displayed only if one,
> say upgrades his package "foo" from a version <= "baz".
> 
> Any hints?

Use
dpkg --compare-versions

Example from masqmail.config:

if [ "$1" == "configure" ] ; then
    if [ -n $2 ] ; then
        if dpkg --compare-versions "$2" lt "0.2.10-0.2" ; then

...

Mermgfurt,
Oliver

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