Re: potato bug

[Santiago Vila <sanvila@unex.es>]

On Wed, 27 Oct 1999, 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. 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.

Hmmm, a second install-run is not "some kind of nastiness" too?

At least when using a Pre-Depends, dselect methods which do package
ordering (like APT) would not need a second install-run.

Thanks.

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