Bug#3095: xbase kills xdm and *then* asks (politely, but , belatedly)

[Kevin Dalley <kevin@aimnet.com>]

>>>>> "Ian" == Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> writes:


> There is now - since dpkg 1.2.1 there has been dpkg
> --compare-versions.


Is there an approved methods of insisting that dpkg uses this option.
My first thought (which I implemented) was to depend upon dpkg being
>= 1.2.1.  This doesn't seem consistent with other dpkg upgrades.  For
example, pre-depends has the "--assert-support-predepends" option.  Of
course, I could just use "compare-versions" and fail if dpkg is not
new enough.

What are your suggestions?

By the way, I am quite impressed with the latest version of dselect.
Keep up the good work.

kevin