Re: Bug#13849: netstd should predepend on libreadlineg2
On Mar 13, Santiago Vila wrote:
> On Sat, 13 Dec 1997, Peter Tobias wrote:
>
> > Since the ftp client is not used in the dpkg process I see no reason
> > for the netstd package to pre-depend on libreadlineg2.
>
> No reason?
>
> These are the current Dependencies and Pre-Dependencies:
>
> Depends: cpp, libc6, libreadlineg2 (>= 2.1-4), ncurses3.4
> Pre-Depends: netbase (>= 3.00)
>
> If you take a pure bo system, install netbase, and then install netstd,
> all netstd binaries will stop working.
Why do they stop working? libreadlineg2 is only used by the ftp client.
I don't see why a pre-depends would be better than a normal depends for
libreadlineg2.
> This is not a bug in dpkg. dpkg works as expected. It does allow an
> upgrade even if dependencies are not satisfied. It only refuses the
> upgrade for failed Pre-Dependencies.
>
> I think netstd binaries are important enough to have a Pre-Depends line.
> Please ask in debian-devel.
Any ideas? Should the "Depends: libreadlineg2" really be changed to a
"Pre-Depends: libreadlineg2"?
Thanks,
Peter
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