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diff --git a/man/deb-postinst.pod b/man/deb-postinst.pod new file mode 100644 index 0000000..0f4b0ef --- /dev/null +++ b/man/deb-postinst.pod @@ -0,0 +1,70 @@ +# 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/>. + +=encoding utf8 + +=head1 NAME + +deb-postinst - package post-installation maintainer script + +=head1 SYNOPSIS + +B<DEBIAN/postinst> + +=head1 DESCRIPTION + +A package can perform several post-installation actions via maintainer +scripts, by including an executable I<postinst> file in its control +archive (i.e. I<DEBIAN/postinst> during package creation). + +The script can be called in the following ways: + +=over + +=item I<postinst> B<configure> I<old-version> + +After the package was installed. + +=item I<postinst> B<triggered> "I<trigger-name...>" + +After the package was triggered. +The list of space-separated I<trigger-name>s is passed as the second +argument. + +=item I<old-postinst> B<abort-upgrade> I<new-version> + +If I<prerm> fails during B<upgrade> or fails on B<failed-upgrade>. + +=item I<old-postinst> B<abort-remove> + +If I<prerm> fails during B<remove>. + +=item I<postinst> B<abort-deconfigure> B<in-favour> I<new-package> I<new-version> + +=item S< >[ B<removing> I<old-package> I<old-version> ] + +If I<prerm> fails during B<deconfigure in-favour> of a package. + +=item I<postinst> B<abort-remove> B<in-favour> I<new-package> I<new-version> + +If I<prerm> fails during B<remove in-favour> for replacement due to conflict. + +=back + +=head1 SEE ALSO + +L<dpkg(1)>. |