This is the mail archive of the cygwin-apps@cygwin.com mailing list for the Cygwin project.


Index Nav: [Date Index] [Subject Index] [Author Index] [Thread Index]
Message Nav: [Date Prev] [Date Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next]
Other format: [Raw text]

Re: [PATCH] Postinstall script ordering in setup - take 2


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.

Do we also need a way to mark 'high-priority' scripts?
i.e. ones that should run before all others.

I'm thinking about passwd-grp.sh mainly.

Max.


Index Nav: [Date Index] [Subject Index] [Author Index] [Thread Index]
Message Nav: [Date Prev] [Date Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next]