Re: Bug#18245: mount Depends and Predepends on libc6.
Vincent Renardias <vincent@waw.com> writes:
> If it only predepends on libc6, nothing prevent to remove libc6 (say
> when libc7 is out) thus leaving a non-working mount.
Not true. dpkg will not allow you to remove foo if bar Pre-Depends on
it.
20:55:28@hades| ~/temp $dpkg -s leave
Package: leave
[...]
Version: 1.6-2
Depends: libc6
Pre-Depends: units
Description: Remind you when you have to leave
[...]
20:55:33@hades| ~/temp $sudo dpkg --purge units
dpkg: dependency problems prevent removal of units:
leave depends on units.
dpkg: error processing units (--purge):
dependency problems - not removing
Errors were encountered while processing:
units
20:55:42@hades| ~/temp $
[That is of course faked]
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James
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