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

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Message-ID: <20090401214141.GB17518@stro.at>
Date:	Wed, 1 Apr 2009 23:41:41 +0200
From:	maximilian attems <max@...o.at>
To:	Frans Pop <elendil@...net.nl>
Cc:	linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/5] deb-pkg: pass Debian maintainer script parameters
	to packaging hook scripts

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@...net.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@...gy.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
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