Re: "One time" post-invoke hook

[Julien Valroff <julien@kirya.net>]

Hi,

Le mercredi 04 novembre 2009 à 19:08 +0100, Julien Valroff a écrit :
> Hi,
> 
> I am trying to address bug #544573 [1] against rkhunter which I
> maintain.
> 
> rkhunter postinst script is used to call rkhunter --propupd which
> updates/creates its file properties database.
> 
> rkhunter recommends some packages, eg. unhide, which are configured
> after rkhunter, and hence after rkhunter postinst script is run.
> 
> Is there any way to add a temporary post-invoke hook so that the
> database is updated/created after all packages are configured?
> 
> I have thought that adding a configuration file in /etc/apt/apt.conf.d
> in postinst would work, but as apt is already running, it won't consider
> that file until the next time it is run.
> 
> Another mean would be to force packages like unhide to be configured
> before rkhunter (a kind of 'pre-recommends' dependency).
> 
> Any hint for this?
> 
> Cheers,
> Julien
> 
> [1] http://bugs.debian.org/544573

As I had no answer, I take the leave to re-send this message.

Cheers,
Julien