From 0aa591164a24b34f4979f5b36df51a808ac8c3ca Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Joey Hess <joey@gnu.kitenet.net>
Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 14:49:01 -0400
Subject: Make postinst check for the configured VCS before trying to run
 etckeeper init. Closes: #530497

---
 debian/postinst | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

(limited to 'debian/postinst')

diff --git a/debian/postinst b/debian/postinst
index 870d67b..ca0b788 100644
--- a/debian/postinst
+++ b/debian/postinst
@@ -75,8 +75,12 @@ configure)
 
 	if [ "$2" = "" ]; then
 		# Fresh install.
-		# Might fail if, eg, git is not installed.
-		etckeeper init || echo "etckeeper init failed; run it by hand" >&2
+		. /etc/etckeeper/etckeeper.conf || true
+		if [ -n "$VCS" ] && [ -x "`which $VCS 2>/dev/null`" ]; then
+			etckeeper init || echo "etckeeper init failed; run it by hand" >&2
+		else
+			echo "etckeeper init not ran as $VCS is not installed" >&2
+		fi
 	fi
 
 	# prints error and exits nonzero if the ignore file cannot be updated
-- 
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