Re: autoup.sh & considerations on bail-out scripts
James Troup <J.J.Troup@scm.brad.ac.uk> writes:
> No. A pre-dependency requires the complete installation of the
> pre-depended upon package (i.e. configuration as well as unpacking)
> and package ordering doesn't help in that respect.
Pre-dependency handling is already built into dpkg, if the select
methods would only use it. They need only keep calling `dpkg
--predep-package' and install whatever it prints out until it doesn't
print anything out.
Guy
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