Re: mine and postinstall

Am Mittwoch 04 Mai 2005 08:29 schrieb Benjamin Schieder:
> > It basically works as follows:
> >
> > - If the directory /var/adm/postinstall exists, mine writes a log file
> > for each package installed or removed. The format of logs and flist files
> > is the same. If this directory does not exist, no log will be written.
> > Only files
>
> Why this condition? Wouldn't it make sense to create the directory if it
> does not exist?

Yes, that would be worth a thought. I didn't have a special reason for it, 
it's just a simple way to turn logs off. If there's noone in favor of this 
behaviour, I'll change it.

>
> > - The postinstall package contains the /usr/sbin/postinstall script. This
>
> When is that script executed? After mine finishes installing? By cron?
> Manually?

postinstall has to be run run manually. mine already contains a note in it's 
help text about this:

 After installing, updating or removing packages you should run the
 scripts 'cron.run' and 'postinstall'. This updates some important
 system files.

I think postinstall will eventually replace cron.run.

Regards,
 Stefan Fiedler