Use pathfind() function instead of hardcoded path to dpkg-statoverride

diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index fe7ae691e6885734a82ee2ec103590f04c1e6985..cc1be544670b05687cb61c740ccb75ce9d6d1d08 100644 (file)
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ beep (1.3-4) unstable; urgency=low
   * Switch to source format 3.0 (quilt).
   * New patch fix-makefile to make make clean not fail.
   * Add #DEBHELPER# to post{inst,rm} files.
+  * Use pathfind() function instead of hardcoded path to dpkg-statoverride.
 
  -- 
 

diff --git a/debian/postinst b/debian/postinst
index dc97dc008b2eab87d1fc39fd176c16e884a7f055..29eb0c15da58b0211696e079cb5d3d054c087799 100644 (file)
--- a/debian/postinst
+++ b/debian/postinst
@@ -1,10 +1,23 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # postinst for beep
-# copyright 2002-2011 by Rhonda D'Vine <rhonda@debian.org>
+# copyright 2002-2016 by Rhonda D'Vine <rhonda@debian.org>
 # Licenced under WTFPLv2
 
 set -e
 
+pathfind() {
+    OLDIFS="$IFS"
+    IFS=:
+    for p in $PATH; do
+        if [ -x "$p/$*" ]; then
+            IFS="$OLDIFS"
+            return 0
+        fi
+    done
+    IFS="$OLDIFS"
+    return 1
+}
+
 # Source debconf library.
 if [ -e /usr/share/debconf/confmodule ]; then
        . /usr/share/debconf/confmodule
@@ -35,7 +48,7 @@ if [ "$suid" = "not suid at all" ] ; then
 fi
 
 
-if [ -x /usr/sbin/dpkg-statoverride ] ; then
+if pathfind dpkg-statoverride ; then
        if ! dpkg-statoverride --list /usr/bin/beep >/dev/null ; then
                if [ "$suid" = "usable for all" ] ; then
                        chmod 4755 /usr/bin/beep