On 02-Mar-13 14:23, Joao Luis Meloni Assirati wrote:
So, no. C does not pre-depend on B unless it is explictly stated in its Pre-depends field. Here is an example: bash ==(Depends)==> base-files ==(Pre-Depends)==> awk.
Thanks - that's what I suspected but it wasn't entirely clear when I was reading it. The problem I have is that many packages install files into a directory that in a real environment is actually a symlink to a different directory created by the base package. If they are unpacked before the other package then things break The only two options I see are for the packages to explicitly pre-depend on that package OR for each package to manually move all of the installed files into the actual directory in their debian/rules. Listing a pre-dependency for each package thus seems a less pessimal solution. But am I missing something here? Is there a better solution?
Thanks again!