SUGGESTION wrt preremove / postinstall / preinstall (RE: [FAQ] Packages reported as "Incomplete" by "cygcheck -c")

["Hannu E K Nevalainen \(garbage mail\)" <garbage_collector@telia.com>]

> From: Igor Pechtchanski
> Sent: Monday, September 15, 2003 7:18 PM

<SNIP>
> Q: Why are "apache" and "mod_*" packages reported as "Incomplete"?
> A: The "apache" and "mod_*" packages use a postinstall script that renames
>    an originally installed directory.  Therefore, that directory is not
>    found by "cygcheck -c".  Suggestions on how to deal with this are
>    welcome (patches doubly so ;-)).

Suggestion:
  post/preinstall scripts that MOVE or RENAME files must "retain the
filename"
i.e.

	$ mv prev-name new-name
	$ ln -s prev-name new-name

  preremove script:

	$ rm prev-name
	$ rm new-name

Would this work?
Could at least be a "interrim solution", don't you think?

Is it possible to list (add) a filename in the archive in some way? (HOW?)

/Hannu E K Nevalainen, B.Sc. EE - 59?16.37'N, 17?12.60'E
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