[gobolinux-devel] Updating global files [ Was beryl-settings: gobject.GError ]

[Jonas Karlsson]

2007/7/5, Anshuman Aggarwal <anshuman at brillgene.com>:
> Yeah, that's what I had done as a workaround...I think the post install
> script for the LibRSVG should do it...instead of generating a
> conflicting file....or atleast it should instruct the user....but these
> 'global' config files need to be maintained...but I bet that's what the
> dev mailing list has been hot about for the last few weeks :)

There are a way to fix this by adding code to
Compile/InstallPackage/SymlinkProgram to run these functions if some
file exists. Much like I did for update-mime-database.
Another approach is to add an API to the tools to be called from hooks
in Recipes/PostInstall, e.g. Update_MIME_Database(), so the
contributer/packager are responsible for calling the functions, if
needed.

First is better because it's completly automated, so the contributer
wouldn't have to remember to call the function if needed. But fully
automated *may* be errorprone.

-- 
/Jonas

PS this is the solution for the gconf problem as well - add a function
that updates the global gconf file.