Post install information

Question

I'm sorry if this is somewhere else, but I'm unsure how to even search for it.
I'm making a package for AUR, and I would like to display some text after the package installs
ex:
upgraded pygtk (2.10.4-2 -> 2.10.6-1)
--> printing support in gimp depends on gutenprint. Install it if you need
--> printing.
Correct me if I am wrong:
create $pkgname.install file with your text (I copied one)
put it in sources md5, etc.
How do I "build" it into the package and make it display?

Answer 1

sinister99 wrote:
I'm sorry if this is somewhere else, but I'm unsure how to even search for it.
I'm making a package for AUR, and I would like to display some text after the package installs
ex:
upgraded pygtk (2.10.4-2 -> 2.10.6-1)
--> printing support in gimp depends on gutenprint. Install it if you need
--> printing.
Correct me if I am wrong:
create $pkgname.install file with your text (I copied one)
put it in sources md5, etc.
How do I "build" it into the package and make it display?
You don't put it in sources or md5.  You specify it as an install= option.  For example, from the fglrx PKGBUILD:
pkgname=fglrx
pkgver=8.40.4
install=${pkgname}.install # this line is the important one
source=(http://www2.ati.com/drivers/linux/ati-driver-installer-$pkgver-x86.x86_64.run)
md5sums=('d02add61ee36a4183510317c3c42b147')
sha1sums=('6260c8596529eac34fabe3437678afe6e2761490')
And, for reference, fglrx.install:
# This is a default template for a post-install scriptlet. You can
# remove any functions you don't need (and this header).
# arg 1: the new package version
pre_install() {
/bin/true
# arg 1: the new package version
post_install() {
echo "PLEASE NOTE:"
echo "--------------------------------------------------------------"
echo "You can use the tool 'aticonfig' to generate an xorg.conf file."
echo "Remember to add fglrx to the MODULES list in /etc/rc.conf."
echo "--------------------------------------------------------------"
KERNEL_VERSION=2.6.22-ARCH
depmod -v $KERNEL_VERSION > /dev/null 2>&1
# arg 1: the new package version
# arg 2: the old package version
post_upgrade() {
KERNEL_VERSION=2.6.22-ARCH
depmod -v $KERNEL_VERSION > /dev/null 2>&1
# arg 1: the old package version
post_remove() {
KERNEL_VERSION=2.6.22-ARCH
depmod -v $KERNEL_VERSION > /dev/null 2>&1
op=$1
shift
$op $*