[debhelper-devel] Bug#628564: debhelper: dh_installmenu should no longer add the postinst/postrm snippet for registering menu entries

[Niels Thykier]

On Sun, 13 Aug 2017 10:24:00 +0000 Niels Thykier <niels at thykier.net> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Reading through this bug, it occurred to me that the use-case for having
> debhelper inject the postinst script is for executable menu files.
> 
> @Bill: Would it work for you if debhelper only added the snippet for the
> menu files that are executable?  To my knowledge, there are at most a
> handful of these so it would help a lot in removing postinst scripts.
> 
> Thanks,
> ~Niels
> 
> 
> 

Hi Bill,

Did you have a chance to review the situation and consider if the above
proposal would work for you?

Thanks,
~Niels