Bob Proulx <b...@proulx.com> writes: > Joe Pfeiffer wrote: >> This is exactly what I needed -- thanks! > > Great! > >> (I wasn't aware the postinst scripts were kept around) > > They are used by dpkg-reconfigure to re-configure the package. > > # dpkg-reconfigure foopackage > > That runs the postinst script for the named package in an officially > supported way. You can also run the scripts manually for some special > case administration fixes.
Since the packages themselves are kept around, I'd assumed that they were re-extracted. Never assume, as they say; with a bit of reflection the fact that you can delete the package and then do a dpkg-reconfigure implies the scripts *have* to still be there somewhere... > And here is the full documentation with everything you would ever want > to know about the internals and programming of them. > > http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-maintainerscripts.html Thanks again! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1bzkf2h1bm....@pfeifferfamily.net
