On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 03:41:17PM -0500, Justin Pryzby wrote: > Colin watson wrote about a scenario where he apparently needed to do > this: > http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2006/12/msg00647.html Yes, if you need to use the contents of the package's files in the preinst then you need to do this sort of thing. Of course, that particular hack is only necessary for upgrades from pre-etch, thank goodness. -- Colin Watson [cjwatson@debian.org]