Re: libc6/bash?
On Sun, Aug 12, 2001 at 02:54:03AM -0500, Taral wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 12, 2001 at 01:08:38AM -0400, Ben Collins wrote:
> > On Sat, Aug 11, 2001 at 10:08:28PM -0500, Taral wrote:
> > > I know it's been discussed before, so could someone please summarize the
> > > reason why bash is not a pre-dependency of libc6?
> >
> > libc6 pre-depends bash
> > bash pre-depends libc6
> >
> > Definition of a pre-dep, is it must be installed and _configured_ before
> > unpacking the package. You tell me, how do you sanely resolve that case?
>
> Uh, I checked apt-cache, and libc6 has no Pre-Depends: line.
Of course not. You asked why bash isn't a pre-dep for libc6, and I gave
you the reason why. libc6 is of course a pre-dep of bash already.
Ben
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