[csw-maintainers] relatocatable packages and package scripts

Ben Walton bwalton at opencsw.org
Thu Dec 4 21:44:41 CET 2008


Excerpts from Philip Brown's message of Thu Dec 04 15:38:20 -0500 2008:
> On Thu, Dec 04, 2008 at 02:59:29PM -0500, Ben Walton wrote:
> nope. seems like you are talking about
> "how do I handle a NON-RELOCATABLE (ie: not using BASEDIR) package, being
>  called with   'pkgadd -R /some/thing mypkg'  ?"

Yes, exactly.

> If your package doesnt use BASEDIR normally, then you dont have to worry
> about it.

Perfect.  Is this a widely used feature at all?

> See other packages with postinstall scripts for more specific examples if
> you like.

I was already referencing the exim package, as it's one that I use
that I knew had scripts in play.  Anyway, I think that as long as
chroot is kosher, that I'm all set.

Thanks
-Ben
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