alt Hacker NewsCan you help me understand why one would ever need a post-install script in the first place, please?
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CamJN • today at 2:14 AM
Compiling native extensions that link against libraries that can’t be included in the package for license reasons. That’s probably the one reason that simply can’t be removed.
irishcoffee • today at 1:00 AM
To restart a service, or run ldconfig?
Ime the most reasonable case is an optional compilation of native components when prebuilt ones are not compatible. See also node-gyp