@@ -6,8 +6,9 @@
# Simple script to generate a deb package for a Linux kernel. All the
# complexity of what to do with a kernel after it is installed or removed
# is left to other scripts and packages: they can install scripts in the
-# /etc/kernel/{pre,post}{inst,rm}.d/ directories that will be called on
-# package install and removal.
+# /etc/kernel/{pre,post}{inst,rm}.d/ directories (or an alternative location
+# specified in KDEB_HOOKDIR) that will be called on package install and
+# removal.
set -e
@@ -73,8 +74,11 @@ if grep -q '^CONFIG_MODULES=y' .config ; then
fi
# Install the maintainer scripts
+# Note: hook scripts under /etc/kernel are also executed by official Debian
+# kernel packages, as well as kernel packages built using make-kpkg
+debhookdir=${KDEB_HOOKDIR:-/etc/kernel}
for script in postinst postrm preinst prerm ; do
- mkdir -p "$tmpdir/etc/kernel/$script.d"
+ mkdir -p "$tmpdir$debhookdir/$script.d"
cat <<EOF > "$tmpdir/DEBIAN/$script"
#!/bin/sh
@@ -83,7 +87,7 @@ set -e
# Pass maintainer script parameters to hook scripts
export DEB_MAINT_PARAMS="\$@"
-test -d /etc/kernel/$script.d && run-parts --arg="$version" /etc/kernel/$script.d
+test -d $debhookdir/$script.d && run-parts --arg="$version" $debhookdir/$script.d
exit 0
EOF
chmod 755 "$tmpdir/DEBIAN/$script"
Hook scripts in the default directory /etc/kernel are also executed by official Debian kernel packages as well as kernel packages created using make-kpkg. Allow to specify an alternative hook scripts directory by exporting the environment variable KDEB_HOOKDIR. Signed-off-by: Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl> Cc: maximilian attems <max@stro.at> Cc: Andres Salomon <dilinger@debian.org> -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kbuild" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html