Re: Tracking installs
In a message dated 2/2/99 7:41:32 PM Central Standard Time, GalbraithP@dfo-
mpo.gc.ca writes:
> > 1) dpkg won't track anything done by installation scripts after
> > dpkg does it's configuration.
>
> You can archive everything under /etc for that (config files).
> Anything else done in postinst will be recreated correctly
> when you reinstall.
>
My point of creating such a program would be to allow you back out changes
made to your /etc files - for example, if you decide to try out some new
software and then decide it's not for you.
> > 2) dpkg won't track non-deb packages - such as tarballs.
>
> Then don't do that. :-)
> Package them up as .deb's and get a developer interested in doing
> it.
>
That's not realistic. Of course, we'd all prefer to use .deb packages, but I
don't have the time, nore the inclination to change all of the packages I'd
like to try out to debian format first.
-jay
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