On Fri, Dec 17, 2004 at 06:34:12PM -0500, Justin Pryzby wrote:
[..]
>Apparently you don't; quoting from dh_undocumented(1):
>
> SYNOPSIS
> Do not run!
>
> DESCRIPTION
> This program used to make symlinks to the
> undocumented.7 man page for man pages not present in a
> package. Debian policy now frowns on use of the
> undocumented.7 man page, and so this program does
> nothing, and should not be used.
>
>If you *really* want to you could make a symlink from man/man1/icecc.1
>to dh_undocumented.1.gz. Instead, I would encourage you to add it to
>./debian/TODO and let lintian continue to warn you. And nag upstream.
Ah, this is good to know. I opted to simply leave out the man-pages for
now. I'll try to convince upstream.
>> 2. How do I handle the cache directory it uses? Currently I only
>> create it at install, but don't remove it afterwards. I don't want
>> to remove it in case of an upgrade, only with an actual remove.
>I'm not sure I understand entirely; but if you just include the
>directory (/var/cache/icecc/?) in the package as a normal directory
>(possibly via ./debian/dirs), then it will do what you want. If its
>name is determined at install-time by the admin, then you can just use
>the postrm script to query debconf and rmdir it.
The cache directory should be owned by icecreamccd:adm (icecreamccd is
the user it runs as). The directory should be created at first install,
and removed only at removal (not at upgrade).
How do other packages handle this?
I am also wondering about the log file, should it be removed when the
package is purged?
/M
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