Re: configure scripts and packaging (gconf, scrollkeeper, etc)

[Todd Kulesza <todd dropline net>]

Mark McLoughlin wrote:
> > Same as for update-mime-database and update-desktop-database: I have to
> > define the variable to /bin/true to skip generation on packages that do
> > generate these databases. I have only seen one or two packages that
> > allow to disable the database stuff.
>
>
> 	Yeah, seems like no-one has addressed this issue either yet. In Fedora
> we're doing the same trick as with scrollkeeper.

I've added --disable-mime-update and --disable-desktop-update configure 
parameters to Drivel to prevent regenerating these databases during 
package creation, then running update-[mime,desktop]-database in the 
post-install script.  If anyone is interested, the relevant code is in 
the configure.ac, data/Makefile.am, and data/mime/Makefile.am files in 
the "drivel" GNOME CVS module.

Cheers,
Todd