From: Victor Duchovni (Victor.DuchovniMorganStanley.com)
Date: Fri Apr 20 2007 - 01:41:21 CDT

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On Fri, Apr 20, 2007 at 02:19:09AM -0400, The Anarcat wrote:

> Furthermore, there are programs like checkinstall[1] that can track
> package installation and generate a package appropriate for your
> platform.
>
> No need for Postfix's build system to mess with packaging.
>
> A.
>
> [1] http://asic-linux.com.mx/~izto/checkinstall/

I would not trust tools of this type to work correctly in all cases.
The actions of the Postfix "make upgrade" are context dependent, and
the tool simply cannot anticipate actions this should take on systems
other than the one on which "checkinstall" ran. Likewise, I would not
trust it to safely uninstall the software.

Looks like a convenient hack for simple packages, but fragile.

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        Viktor.

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