On Wed, Nov 8, 2017 at 7:12 PM, Roberto C. Sánchez <robe...@debian.org> wrote: > On Wed, Nov 08, 2017 at 06:22:37PM -0800, Dan Hitt wrote: >> Does debian have guidelines or rules for post-installation scripts? >> >> I had trouble installing a package, and i would sort of like to file a >> bug describing the behavior. But i'd only want to do this if there >> were rules, and these rules were definite enough to make it very clear >> something in the package was in error and not just lousy setup on my >> part. >> > I have occassionally introduced bugs in my maintainer scripts, so it > would not be crazy to think you might have found a maintainer script > bug. Here are a couple of references that might help you decide if what > you are seeing is a bug: > > https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/#maintainer-scripts > https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/developers-reference/ch06.en.html#bpp-debian-maint-scripts >
Thanks Roberto! The debian-policy document is very interesting, and is definitive on at least part of what i was searching for. Anyhow, i'm holding off on further action until i know a little more, and am a little more sure. Thanks for your help!! dan
