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Re: ~133 upcoming RC bugs?



Previously Josip Rodin wrote:
> However, earlier versions, such as the one in slink, will still fail! That's
> the reason why any packages using two or more packages in C:+R: fields must
> declare either a Pre-Depends: dpkg (>= 1.6.8) or Conflicts: dpkg (<< 1.6.8).

A Pre-Depends or Conflicts won't work, since the running dpkg might still
be the old version. The best way to do it would be to add a --assert
option and make packages use both that and a Pre-Depend (so apt will try
and update dpkg first anyway).

Wichert.

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