Hi!
I renamed this thread because we're moving away from the patch.
I will edit the wiki but have some additonal questions (and comments),
so I don't make some more mistakes, I have added them below.
----- "Allan McRae"
Mårten Olsson wrote:
Hi!
Oh, that was a neat idea... Which I have unfortunetly missed when searching in the archives. :-)
If you want to read the discussion check out the archives from about 23 Jan this year.
I think it should be possible to have it triggered by packages as well, something like this:
[kernel-install] Package = kernel26 Run = rebuildoutofkerneltreedrivers
In the example config file in the wiki page, the "Run" parameter is when to run the script specified in the [ ] brackets at the top.
So this example would be something like: [rebuildoutofkerneltreedrivers] Package = kernel26 Run = postinstall Or have I missed something?
(I recognice the ridiculous name of the Run-argument and that this probably wouldn't work as a reboot probably is necessery first but just something as an example. (and it was this need that triggered my own idea).)
Of course it is possible to have it triggered by file in this case as well, just list files in this package and choose one of them, but it is still an unecessery extra step (even if it is a small one)
I'm sure it would be possible to have a package set off a hook such as you are suggesting, although I think most packages would have a file that would be the obvious choice to use (e.g. /boot/vmlinuz26 for kernel26). Please add a comment to the wiki page about this.
Yep, I don't see that as a major problem.
From what I have seen of the code it might however be easier to start with Package matching (I might be wrong about this but it is my personal opinion). In the end both options would be good, we have at least seen that between us that both variants are desirable.
Once we have agreed on good configuration file formats, etc then you are more than welcome to help out coding this.
I would love to help with that, just hope I will have time for it when it gets that far.
Cheers, Allan
BR, Mårten