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| author | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-05-06 00:45:20 +0000 |
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| committer | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-05-06 00:45:20 +0000 |
| commit | 9a08cbfcc1ef900a04580f35afe2a4592d7d6030 (patch) | |
| tree | 004cc7027bca2f2c0bcb5806527c8e0c48df2d6e /man/deb-postinst.man | |
| parent | Initial commit. (diff) | |
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Adding upstream version 1.19.8.upstream/1.19.8upstream
Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>
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diff --git a/man/deb-postinst.man b/man/deb-postinst.man new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c792a75 --- /dev/null +++ b/man/deb-postinst.man @@ -0,0 +1,54 @@ +.\" dpkg manual page - deb-postinst(5) +.\" +.\" Copyright © 2016 Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org> +.\" +.\" This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify +.\" it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by +.\" the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or +.\" (at your option) any later version. +.\" +.\" This is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, +.\" but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of +.\" MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the +.\" GNU General Public License for more details. +.\" +.\" You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License +.\" along with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. +. +.TH deb\-postinst 5 "%RELEASE_DATE%" "%VERSION%" "dpkg suite" +.nh +.SH NAME +deb\-postinst \- package post-installation maintainer script +. +.SH SYNOPSIS +postinst +. +.SH DESCRIPTION +A package can perform several post-installation actions via maintainer +scripts, by including an executable \fIpostinst\fP file in its control +archive (i.e. \fIDEBIAN/postinst\fP during package creation). +.PP +The script can be called in the following ways: +.TP +\fIpostinst\fP \fBconfigure\fP \fIold-version\fP +After the package was installed. +.TP +\fIpostinst\fP \fBtriggered\fP \fItrigger-name...\fP +After the package was triggered. +.TP +\fIold-postinst\fP \fBabort-upgrade\fP \fInew-version\fP +If \fIprerm\fP fails during upgrade or fails on failed upgrade. +.TP +\fIold-postinst\fP \fBabort-remove\fP +If \fIprerm\fP fails during removal. +.TP +\fIpostinst\fP \fBabort-deconfigure in-favour\fP \fInew-package new-version\fP +.TQ + [ \fBremoving\fP \fIold-package old-version\fP ] +If \fIprerm\fP fails during deconfiguration of a package. +.TP +\fIpostinst\fP \fBabort-remove in-favour\fP \fInew-package new-version\fP +If \fIprerm\fP fails during replacement due to conflict. +. +.SH SEE ALSO +.BR dpkg (1). |