On Wednesday 22 August 2007 12:37:19 Leo Antunes wrote: > Perhaps make-googleearch-package could be run during postinst, if the > user wishes? > > From what I've seen, there's no easy way of finding the version being > downloaded (since the name of the package contains no version token), > so there's no way to automatically determine if an update is necessary, > but anyway a debconf question could be asked, easing the life of users > that don't know what to do after they install googleearth-package.
This has been a feature others have suggested and I've thought of. There are a couple problems: 1) As you mention, there is no (easy) way to determine the upstream version. 2) You can't recursively call dpkg during a postinst script to install the generated package. Any way I can think of working around this is either against policy or would be very hackish. 3) I rather dislike debconf questions -- if this was added at all, it would need to be low-priority. But that means means that the "target audience" for this feature might not see it anyway, so I'm not sure this is a great idea. But, I'd certainly accept a well-done patch for this feature, if there is someone out there that is itching to implement this. =) -- Wesley J. Landaker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <xmpp:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> OpenPGP FP: 4135 2A3B 4726 ACC5 9094 0097 F0A9 8A4C 4CD6 E3D2
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