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RE: libusb-win32 auto-install?


On 23 April 2007 02:33, Samuel Thibault wrote:

> Yes of course (I actually call the uninstallation script at preremove).
> But the question is "do we dare installing a driver just because the
> user asked for package installation?".
> 
> The problem is that libusb-win32 might be pulled as a dependency of
> another package (the upcoming brltty package for instance), in which
> case the use may be really be aware that some driver will get installed.
> 
> Maybe I could ship two separate packages: one for the library and one
> for the driver, and automatically install the driver at postinstall of
> the second package.

  Or you could follow the model of the ioperm package, which requires you to
manually run "ioperm -i" to install the .sys file.


    cheers,
      DaveK
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