[PATCH] Postinstall script ordering in setup - take 2
Igor Pechtchanski
pechtcha@cs.nyu.edu
Tue Mar 4 20:40:00 GMT 2003
On Tue, 4 Mar 2003, John Morrison wrote:
> > From: Max Bowsher
> > Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
> > > Attached is try #2. This incorporates Rob's comments from
> > > <http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-apps/2003-03/msg00041.html>. I've also
> > > refactored FileDesc to handle all dependence processing.
> > >
> > > I think this would be good as a long-term solution as well. As I
> > > mentioned previously, I don't think we can use the existing package
> > > dependence mechanism unless we also somehow track which package
> > > contains which postinstall scripts. Personally, I think storing
> > > dependences in the postinstall scripts themselves is cleaner.
> > > Opinions?
> >
> > Good idea.
>
> Definately.
>
> > Do we also need a way to mark 'high-priority' scripts?
> > i.e. ones that should run before all others.
>
> and the ones that should be run only after all others.
> J.
John,
That's already possible with my patch -- just include all other scripts in
the list of dependences, and your script will be run last.
Igor
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