Re: #197870, #197891, #197954

[Hilmar Preusse <hille42@web.de>]

On 22.09.03 Frank Küster (frank@kuesterei.ch) wrote:
> Hilmar Preusse <hille42@web.de> schrieb:

> > if [ -f ${etcdir}/updmap ]; then
> >     db_get tetex-base/oldupdm || true
> >     if [ X"$RET" = X"true" ]; then
> >         rm -f ${etcdir}/updmap.dpkg-*
> > 	rm -f /var/lock/updmap.rm
> >     fi
> > fi
> >
> > in postin. Is that OK? 
> 
> Looks good except the removal of /var/lock/updmap.rm - this hasn't
> been used publically, has it?
> 
Of, course this is left from my misunderstanding of debconf. It
should read rm -f ${etcdir}/updmap .

> > Another question: As we use debconf in the config-stage: Do we
> > have to pre-depend in debconf
> 
> No. A dependency on debconf is treated like a pre-depends. Don't
> know how this is achieved, but look at debconf-devel(7):
> 
/usr/share/doc/debconf-doc/tutorial.html

     Note: If your preinst uses debconf, you must make your package
     Pre-Depend on debconf (>= 0.2.17).

> > or is that:
> >     db_* high tetex-base/oldupdm || true
> > (asking for the exit status of db_*) sufficient?
> 
> the || true has a different purpose:
> 
OK, thanks.

H. 
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