Re: Predepends query
On 7 May 1998, Andy Mortimer wrote:
> I've just been testing the new version of dpkg-mountable -- nothing exciting,
> I'm afraid -- using a large set of packages to install, and I've hit a small
> problem. perl-base was predepended on by something, which caused it (using the
> usually-disabled predepends support) to remove perl. This broke
> dpkg-mountable, and I had to install perl by hand.
It might have been the perl/perl-base dependency loop..
> I guess it comes down to: does breaking dpkg-mountable count as stopping the
> system functioning? Comments would be appreciated.
A PreDepends will do nothing to assure the safety of an already installed
package, that is, as I understand your situation a PreDepends will not
help solve your particular problem.
Jason
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