Re: boot floppies status
On Tue, 19 Mar 1996, David Engel wrote:
> > So just to confirm, it is not necessary for base packages to call
> > dpkg --assert-support-predepends and i386elf-in-kernel in their preinst
> > because libc5 and/or ld.so will do it. Correct?
>
> Not quite. They do not need to call 'i386elf-...'. They still need
> to call 'dpkg --assert...' and also include a pre-depends for libc5
> (>=5.2.18-2). Especially note the -2 revision since that will be the
> one with the appropriate pre-depends for ld.so.
Is this still correct? Since libc5 and/or ld.so make the 'dpkg --assert..'
call, and the base package predepends on them, why should the base
package also need to make the call?
The user could downgrade dpkg, I suppose, but he could also remove elf
support from his kernel. So really we should put neither or both
checks in every base package. It doesn't make sense to put only one.
Guy
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