Bug#881432: debian-policy: Please clarify postinst invocation upon first installation

2017-11-11 Thread Sean Whitton
control: tag -1 -patch Hello again, On Sat, Nov 11 2017, Christoph Biedl wrote: > 6.5. Summary of ways maintainer scripts are called > > in the paragraph after > > "postinst configure most-recently-configured-version" > > Suggested wording: > > | If this package was prevously uninstalled, the >

Bug#881432: debian-policy: Please clarify postinst invocation upon first installation

2017-11-11 Thread Mattia Rizzolo
On Sat, Nov 11, 2017 at 07:08:41PM +0100, Christoph Biedl wrote: > 6.5. Summary of ways maintainer scripts are called > > in the paragraph after > > "postinst configure most-recently-configured-version" > > Suggested wording: > > | If this package was prevously uninstalled, the > | "most-recent

Bug#881432: debian-policy: Please clarify postinst invocation upon first installation

2017-11-11 Thread Sean Whitton
control: -1 +patch Hello Christoph, On Sat, Nov 11 2017, Christoph Biedl wrote: > 6.5. Summary of ways maintainer scripts are called > > in the paragraph after > > "postinst configure most-recently-configured-version" > > Suggested wording: > > | If this package was prevously uninstalled, the >

Bug#881432: debian-policy: Please clarify postinst invocation upon first installation

2017-11-11 Thread Christoph Biedl
Package: debian-policy Version: 4.1.1.1 Severity: wishlist Hello, the question of how to tell in postinst whether this is an upgrade or a first installation comes up every now and then. Again yesterday in #debian-mentors. Therefore I'm asking for a clarifcation in 6.5. Summary of ways maintainer