Re: pkg_install patch to support sysutils/etckeeper

[Julio Merino <julio%meroh.net@localhost>]

On Mon, May 27, 2013 at 9:14 AM, Joerg Sonnenberger
<joerg%britannica.bec.de@localhost> wrote:
> On Mon, May 27, 2013 at 08:53:43PM +1200, Steven Drake wrote:
>> The attached patch is my simple attempt at the needed hooks, does anyone
>> have any improvements or is this or to commit.
>
> I don't like this approach :) I think the correct way forward is to add
> directories like
> $PREFIX/libdata/pkg_install/{pre,post}-{install,deinstall}
> and execute the scripts in it (sorted by C locale strcmp). This should
> happen in the same place as the current +INSTALL/+DEINSTALL calls with
> consistent order relative to them.

Are these the same as "triggers" like in other packaging systems?  For
example, would etckeeper just install a script in there that gets
executed (triggered) for any package that provide config files?  (With
the consequence that the packages themselves wouldn't need to include
the same code snippet in their own install scripts, and just rely on
the already installed, already audited version.)

If so, I agree :-)

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