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From: Jan Nieuwenhuizen <janneke@gnu.org>
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Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2006 21:23:49 +0100
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.63.0601211235090.18707@access1.cims.nyu.edu> (Igor 	Peshansky's message of "Sat, 21 Jan 2006 12:37:40 -0500 (EST)")
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Igor Peshansky writes:

> I haven't looked at it in detail: does cyg-apt properly run preremove and
> postinstall scripts?

No.  If running on Cygwin, it will run .sh scripts.

> Besides, it can use the same replace-on-reboot mechanism as setup
> uses -- is there a similar API for python?

If it is, I'm not saying Google's magic words.

Jan.

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