Re: Lintian warning bug?
On Mon, Oct 04, 2004 at 02:39:53PM +0200, Jeroen van Wolffelaar wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 04, 2004 at 02:28:30PM +0200, Frank K?ster wrote:
> > Brian Sutherland <jinty@web.de> schrieb:
> > No, I think it is a bug to use python in the config script.
>
> Hm, good catch. Indeed.
>
> > Please read Policy 7.2. You would need a pre-depends on python, and I
> > doubt that this is a valid case for a pre-depends.
>
> Even pre-depends doesn't help, as the config script is run without ANY
> guarantee about available dependencies (debconf excluded), except
> essential stuff. Pre-Depends does work however for preinst, and indeed,
> this is most likely not a good reason for a pre-depends.
Good point, then perhaps the lintian warning should be about this?
Pity I have to re-write my config script though...
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Brian Sutherland
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