Re: How to install a custom permanent postinstall handler?

[Achim Gratz <Stromeko at nexgo dot de>]

Andrey Repin writes:
> Couple of my scripts rely on ASH/DASH functionality that is not present in
> BASH. (Namely "local -".)
> To amend that, I make a symlink /bin/sh = /bin/dash .
> But every time bash update, it overwrite the link.

I think the correct course of action would be to put /bin/sh under
control of the alternatives system.

> Soâ How would I go about creating a handler that would restore the parity?
> Will making a script /etc/postinstall be enough, or some additional magic is
> necessary?

There is.  You will want to run this script in postinstall stratum z as
a perpetual one, so the name of the script needs to start with "zp_"
(preferrably with a .dash suffix, too).


Regards,
Achim.
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