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

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

Kevin Dalley writes [ SuperCite undone - iwj ]:
> 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.

Insisting that it use it instead of what ?

> 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.

Yes, you could.  I'd suggest declaring a `Depends' on dpkg if you want
to do this.

> What are your suggestions?

What are you trying to achieve ?

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

Thanks.

Ian.