[pacman-dev] So many HOOK puns could go here!

[Simon Gomizelj]

> 2) Complete list of when hooks can be run.  Current list:
> 
> PreRemove
> PostRemove
> PreInstall
> PostInstall
> Transaction
> 

Since you mentioned the texinfo later on, will you be able to
distinguish in a hook between an install and an upgrade?

> 
> 5) How should we handle packages installing a new hook?   e.g. In Arch,
> texinfo will carry the install-info hook.  I think it will still need a
> post_install script to add all the info files installed before texinfo
> was to the info directory, but then the hook install should be
> recognised and act on any packages installed after that.  Reasonable?
> 

And what actually stopping pacman from detecting if any new hooks have
been installed between the install and post-install steps? Then you
could use it right away.