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RE: SUGGESTION wrt preremove / postinstall / preinstall (RE: [FAQ]Packages reported as "Incomplete" by "cygcheck -c")
- From: "Hannu E K Nevalainen \(garbage mail\)" <garbage_collector at telia dot com>
- To: <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2003 10:55:51 +0200
- Subject: RE: SUGGESTION wrt preremove / postinstall / preinstall (RE: [FAQ]Packages reported as "Incomplete" by "cygcheck -c")
> From: Robert Collins
>
> In general, setup needs to be taught about classes of files:
> configuration files vs image files vs data and script files.
>
> Once that general concept is in place, we can:
> * support rpm and dpkg formats more effectively
> * add classes for things like apache
> * be smarter about rebasing
>
> etc etc etc
I'm sure this is the way to go... I'm not that intimate with the details of
how setup works.
My idea was based on a wish to "clean up" - for the moment.
I didn't expect it to become a "long time solution" :-)
/Hannu E K Nevalainen, B.Sc. EE - 59°16.37'N, 17°12.60'E
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