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Re: newbie packaging question



On Tue, Aug 12, 2003 at 04:40:42PM -0700, Eric Winger wrote:
> Ok, I've managed to create a .deb package, experimented with putting 
> things in the rules file, installed my package locally. Learned a little 
> about purge and kind of have the gist of what y'all have been trying to 
> pound into my head.
> 
> But now I've run into a problem. For my first package, which is nothing 
> but a test. I want to be able to run some commands after my package has 
> been installed. Simple copy & execute commands.
> 
> I've modified the postinst.ex file, but my commands aren't being 
> executed.

You must rename that to postinst. Your completed source package
shouldn't have any of those example *.ex files in it.

Cheers,

-- 
Colin Watson                                  [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]



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