[pacman-dev] [RFC] alpmtrigger: triggering events after all packages got installed...

[Allan McRae]

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>>
>> That was an idea put out there because I basically do not want my info 
>> page database updated (the most common install file task in Arch).  This 
>> could probably be achieved without a config file by removing execute 
>> permissions from the hooks script or adding the script to the noextract 
>> in pacman.conf, or in a multitud of ways.  And now that concern has been 
>> flagged, the wiki page can be adjusted. 
>>     
>
> This exact point was raised already back on Fri 23 Jan 2009 by me...

So it was... and here is the relevant part of my response:
[quote]

...each hook need to provide the following information:

1. when to run it (per file or transaction)
2. what files trigger it running
3. a script that can be sourced and run by the shell.

It is _a lot_ easier if 1 and 2 are separate from 3. 
[end quote]

So I see what I was trying to do with the config file.  We could always have a separate config file per hook or try to cleanly join these together.

Obviously this area needs more discussion and prototypes.

Allan