Re: Question about debconf notes
Quoting Frank Lichtenheld <Frank.Lichtenheld@usta.de> (2003-03-02 05:39:55 GMT):
> Hi.
>
> I'm packaging a program that generates a cache in the users home
> directory. This cache must be erased for each new upstream release (that
> would not be often though). Should i place a debconf note about this in the
> package or should i only mention it in a README.Debian? In the packages
> own documentation this fact is quite hidden imho.
The package can test in its post-inst what version was previously
installed. Why not make it tell the admin when the major version
actually increases?
But yes, I think a debconf note is worth doing since without it, the
package will become useless for those who don't know to flush the
cache.
Shame the program can't test which version wrote the previous cache
and invalidate it automatically if the version bumps.
--
Andrew Stribblehill <ads@debian.org>
Systems programmer, IT Service, University of Durham, England
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