Re: Defer postinst after a given package

[Eberhard Beilharz <eb1@sil.org>]

If B runs a postinst script which requires Java, then I'd think it needs 
a dependency on Java in d/control.

That also solves the problem with ensuring that B is setup after Java.

Fab Stz wrote on 2022-09-09 10:32:
> Hi,
>
> I have a package B that depends on gradle, which depends on Java.
> B doesn't have a dependency to Java set in d/control.
>
> B runs a postinst script which requires Java.
>
> At times, during installation Java is set up before B, at times after.
>
> How can I be sure that B is always setup after Java?
>
> By Java I mean: openjdk-11-jre-headless:amd64 which is the one that 
> creates the alternatives to have/usr/bin/java.
>
> Thanks

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