Re: autoup.sh & considerations on bail-out scripts

[Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@datasync.com>]

Hi,
>>"James" == James Troup <J.J.Troup@scm.brad.ac.uk> writes:

James> dark@xs4all.nl (Richard Braakman) writes:

>> We could do away with pre-dependency entirely when all installation
>> methods use package ordering.

James> No.  A pre-dependency requires the complete installation of the
James> pre-depended upon package (i.e. configuration as well as
James> unpacking) and package ordering doesn't help in that respect.

	In that case I think pkg-order is way more than just ordering
 packages, for pkg-order is specifically designed for pre-depends, and
 configure-now packages (something deity was talking about a while
 back).

	In fact, the optimal solution (minimal number of runs) can be
 proved to be handled by topological sort algorithms.

	manoj
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