Re: [PATCH 3/5] deb-pkg: pass Debian maintainer script parameters to packaging hook scripts

maximilian attems
2009-04-01T21:59:47Z

On Wed, 01 Apr 2009, Frans Pop wrote:

> The Debian packaging scripts created by the deb-pkg target do not pass
> on the standard Debian maintainer script parameters to hook scripts,
> which means that those scripts cannot tell whether they are being called
> during e.g. install vs. upgrade, or removal vs. purge of the package.
>
> As there are several variantions in how hook scripts are called from
> kernel packages, we pass the parameters in the environment variable
> DEB_MAINT_PARAMS rather than as extra arguments.
>
> Bump version of builddep script to 1.3.
>
> Signed-off-by: Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl>

ack for the env variable.

> diff --git a/scripts/package/builddeb b/scripts/package/builddeb
> index 5b1517d..c9a4dcd 100644
> --- a/scripts/package/builddeb
> +++ b/scripts/package/builddeb
> @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
> #!/bin/sh
> #
> -# builddeb 1.2
> +# builddeb 1.3
> # Copyright 2003 Wichert Akkerman <wichert@wiggy.net>
> #
> # Simple script to generate a deb package for a Linux kernel. All the
> @@ -63,7 +63,11 @@ for script in postinst postrm preinst prerm ; do
>
> set -e
>
> -test -d /etc/kernel/$script.d && run-parts --arg="$version" /etc/kernel/$script.d
> +# Pass maintainer script parameters to hook scripts
> +export DEB_MAINT_PARAMS="\$@"
> +
> +test -d $debhookdir/$script.d && \\
> + run-parts --arg="$version" /etc/kernel/$script.d

gratious formating change, please if this needs to be broken in 2 lines,
break before && so that logic is more evident.
> exit 0
> EOF
> chmod 755 "$tmpdir/DEBIAN/$script"
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maks