On Wed, Oct 27, 1999 at 02:06:58AM +0200, Wichert Akkerman wrote:
> Previously Raul Miller wrote:
> > Anyone know how many packages are going to need a non-slink dpkg? [Would
> > predepends work for this problem?]
> 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.
Huh? But this is exactly what pre-depends are for, and the nastiness in
installation order is only what's necessary to avoid having to do two
(or more) passes. I don't get this.
Cheers,
aj
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