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Lone_Wolf

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[SOLVED] pacman hook or .install file ?

Upstream for the aur openrc package i am co-maintainer of has decided to split of some functionality into  a separate package [1] .

I am writing a PKGBUILD for the new package and realised i need to execute 2 commands after installation, and upon removal of the package those commands should be reversed.

These commands are specific to this package and I doubt they are usable for other packages.
In the past i would have used the post_install / post_remove functions of a  .install-file for this.

We do have pacman hooks now and i could use them.

Since the commands differ i expect to need 2 pacman hooks .

Which would be better in this case, one .install-file or 2 pacman hooks ?

[1]https://github.com/OpenRC/openrc/blob/master/NEWS.md , OpenRC-0.23

Last edited by Lone_Wolf (2017-03-13 12:10:40)

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eschwartz

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Re: [SOLVED] pacman hook or .install file ?

These commands are specific to this package and I doubt they are usable for other packages.

That removes the main reason to use a hook.

So don't use a hook unless the commands specifically have to be run after all transactions have occurred (which is something install scripts are incapable of). mkinitcpio  is a good example of where this matters.

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Lone_Wolf

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Re: [SOLVED] pacman hook or .install file ?

Thanks,

that confirms my feeling this use-case is best served by a .install-file .

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