Re: packages (was Re: [woody,debinst] `parted' and non-DOS compatible partitioning schemes)
Bruce Sass wrote:
> It would be very confusing to have .debs that could not be installed
> onto an existing Debian system. The boot-floppies .deb is not useful to
> the average user, but it can still be installed; debinst .debs would be
> installed for the same reasons that someone would want to install the
> boot-floppies .deb.
Ok, but we'd have to make sure they don't get in the way of the real
system, then.
Note that Erik Anderson is already planning to make a busybox.deb.
Unless he makes it install everything into some random directory, not
/usr/bin or /bin, he is going to conflict with most of debian in the
process. So I guess we'll have a test case about just how confusing this
is soon.
> I would expect dependencies to be crucial in a modular .deb based
> installation system. e.g., the installer module would depend on a
> partitioner module being configured, which would depend on at least one
> HD module being installed and configured, which may in turn depend on a
> controller module (if the HD module is for an SCSI drive).
Hm, that's a good idea. Presumes that modules are configured in their
preinst or earlier, though.
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