On Sun, Sep 25, 2005 at 12:21:58PM +0200, Julien Valroff wrote: > > If bootsplash requires a theme to be installed in order for its postinst to > > complete successfully, then bootsplash must depend on the theme and the > > themes must not depend on bootsplash. > Thanks, it works, at least with dpkg (I still have to check how synaptic > an aptitude behaves). Or you could read what policy says about the meaning of package dependencies. > > If the package's debconf config script *also* can't do the right thing > > before the theme is unpacked, then the config script should exit without > > attempting to set any debconf variables. > I am not sure to understand what you mean. Could you please explain > again? Package dependencies only affect postinst scripts. They don't affect preinst scripts or debconf config scripts; preinst script dependencies must be enforced with pre-dependencies, and config scripts must be resilient against being called before dependencies are installed because there is no package relationship that can be declared for config scripts. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. vorlon@debian.org http://www.debian.org/
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