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Re: potato bug



On Wed, Oct 27, 1999 at 02:06:58AM +0200, Wichert Akkerman wrote:
> Afaik this is the only one. Yes, predepends would work here, however I
> would prefer not to use them, since they require all kinds of nastiness
> in installation order of packages. What should happen is that this
> package gets an error and the other packages get processed, including
> the new dpkg. And on a second install-run it will be installed
> correctly.

Apt will refuse to operate after it hits this package, unless 
dpkg was upgraded first.

If this is the only one, I don't think it's at all unreasonable
for it to predepend on an appropriate dpkg.

-- 
Raul


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