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Ryan Anderson <ryan@michonline.com> writes:

>>...  This does not match typical "package" use.
>>
> To provide an off-topic, but perhaps useful, counter-example, where I
> work, I've made a package that does something similar...

Ah, haven't thought about the use of postinstallation scripts.
If your environment is more or less uniform that is an excellent
way of doing it.

Unfortunately, our Solaris boxen do not understand .deb postinst
scripts, so that is why we are not doing it X-<.  Maybe after we
get rid of them perhaps..