Heads-up: postinstall scripts and PATH (Attn all package maintainers)
Igor Pechtchanski
pechtcha@cs.nyu.edu
Wed Feb 25 20:32:00 GMT 2004
Hi, Gerrit,
On Wed, 25 Feb 2004, Gerrit P. Haase wrote:
> Hallo Igor,
>
> 24. Februar 2004 at 21:00:
>
> > gcc-mingw*.sh: ln
> > Note: uses "tar", but "tar" is not "require"d. Also, do we *really*
> > want this weird extraction mechanism?
>
> Package tar is in base.
That's not enough. Suppose someone uses setup in the following way in an
attempt to get a minimal installation: select the "Keep" mode, then select
only the packages that they think they need, letting setup handle the
dependences. "tar" will not be selected if they select gcc-mingw*.
Adding it as an explicit dependence will cause it to be selected.
> I remember that there was a reason for this mechanism, but I cannot
> what the reason was.
>
> Gerrit
I don't think that reason, whatever it was, is valid anymore. I say do it
the sane way. This will certainly make "cygcheck -c" more valid...
Igor
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