Re: Requirements for 1.1

[Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk>]

Kai Henningsen writes ("Re: Requirements for 1.1"):
> ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson)  wrote on 10.02.96 in <[🔎] m0tlH5p-0002ZwC@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk>:
> 
> >  * I need to implement Pre-Depends in dpkg, both as something to
> >    enforce in `dpkg --install' and as something to allow dselect to
> >    install the upgrades in the right order.  I can probably produce
> >    at least minimal alpha support for this in about 2 weeks.
> >
> >  * The base packages need to have Pre-Depends added, as well as calls
> >    to dpkg --assert-pre-depends-supported or whatever (when I've
> >    implemented it).
> 
> Just to make sure we get this right, I think the new ELF packages and dpkg  
> *must* do the following:
> 
> If a dpkg version that knows about upgrading to ELF is not yet installed  
> (a very probable situation), the installed, old dpkg *must not* break the  
> system when fed ELF packages (except, of course, when the user --forces it  
> to).

This will be the case.

Ian.