also sprach Stephen Gran <sgran@debian.org> [2005.02.25.0032 +0100]: > My question is: can I source it in config as well? I suspect not, > because of the preconfigure run that apt does. I suppose if > I really wanted to do this, I could exit 0 at preconfigure time, > and only run it at configure, but that seems wrong to me. Yeah, I think this is the problem, and no, you should not prevent the preconfigure run. I think you'll have to use redundant code, although I like the idea of having a *.common control file installed, which you can use for such a purpose. I suggest you bring this forth to the dpkg team! > The second question is (on a completely unrelated note): is there > any problem with assuming the presence of a color capable $TERM Yes. > and is > anything likely to break if I do? Output will be unlegible, as it will be interspersed by escape codes. > I have seen other linuces that use coloration in init.d scripts > for success and failure, and I thought it looked kind of cool. > Since it's easy, I was thinking about doing it in the binary > packages, but I wanted to ask if it was a bad idea first. Uh, make sure you read over the policy, please. I don't think it's allowed to use colour in the init.d scripts. Which other packages do so? This isn't RedHat, you know? :) -- Please do not send copies of list mail to me; I read the list! .''`. martin f. krafft <madduck@debian.org> : :' : proud Debian developer, admin, user, and author `. `'` `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing a system Invalid/expired PGP subkeys? Use subkeys.pgp.net as keyserver!
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