On Sun, Jul 14, 2013 at 09:52:32PM +0900, Charles Plessy wrote:
> Le Sun, May 12, 2013 at 11:52:52AM +0200, Bill Allombert a écrit :
> > On Sun, May 12, 2013 at 08:57:12AM +0900, Charles Plessy wrote:
> > > 
> > > I just realised that /usr/share/menu/README was not updated when
> > > menu started to use dpkg triggers.  Here is a patch that removes
> > > mention of postinst in this file, and in other documentations
> > > as well.
> > 
> > Hello Charles, the documentation is correct. Dpkg triggers are activated 
> > before
> > packages are configured and not after, so they are insuitable for menu.
> > There is a long standing dpkg wishlist for that feature (#556104).
> 
> Hello Bill,
> 
> I do not understand your reasonning.  Could you explain the problem more in
> details ?  If triggers are ineffective when menu is not configured, it is not 
> a
> problem because its configuration will have the intended effect for the
> triggers, isn't it ?

It is not only menu that should be configured, but also the triggering package.
The problem is that menu should not include menu entries for packages that are
not configured. So when a package triggers menu before being configured, it is 
not
included in the menu.

Cheers,
-- 
Bill. <ballo...@debian.org>

Imagine a large red swirl here. 


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