Re: Problem with libpaperg in testing

[Adrian Bunk <bunk@fs.tum.de>]

On 20 Mar 2001, Brian May wrote:

> >>>>> "Adrian" == Adrian Bunk <bunk@fs.tum.de> writes:
>
>     Adrian> That doesn't help in my case: The dependency on debconf
>     Adrian> isn't generated by shlibs (then this problem wouldn't
>     Adrian> occur), but I have to set the right dependency for what I
>     Adrian> use in the postinst. I'm sure the broken version of
>     Adrian> libpaperg builds perfectly in testing.
>
> I may have misunderstood the issues involved here, so please correct
> me if I am wrong. I make the following assumptions:
>
> - a package must be built with a specific version of debconf.
>...

This assumption is wrong: You don't need debconf when building the
package, it's only needed in the preinst and/or postinst of a package.

cu
Adrian

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