From: Massimiliano Mirra <list@...>
Date: 2002-03-14T20:43:42+09:00
Subject: Re: testunit, was RE: [ANN] rpkg 0.3

On Thu, Mar 14, 2002 at 02:42:35AM +0900, nathaniel@talbott.ws wrote:
> > installation to a successful return code from the 
> > preinstallation script.  Running the tests or not would then 
> > be the choice of the package maintainer, and I'd prefer that 
> > over enforcing tests from within rpkg code.  Would this be fine?
> This is exactly what I'd like to have.

Ok, then rpkg gets preinst scripts.

A question to non-*nix Rubyers: on Unices files are made executable by
setting the executable bit and writing a line at the top of the file:

	#!/usr/bin/env ruby

...or:

	#!/usr/bin/sh

...or other interpreters.

What do you do to make scripts executable under other OSs?  I seem to
remember that you must leave .rb in place on Windows.  What about Mac
and others?  

I'm asking because rpkg or a preinst script could modify files in the
bin/ content dir on the fly, so that they are appear executable on the
OS on which the package is being installed.


Massimiliano