On Mon, Oct 31, 2005 at 07:52:27PM +0100, Frank Küster wrote: > > You mean the postinst script should succeed even if the program is not > able to work? This doesn't fit with the meaning of "Depends", because > other packages declare a Depends exactly because they want to use the > program, they want it to function. If they cannot rely on it's working > after the postinst has completed successfully, this a severe bug IMO. > What you are describing sounds like a Pre-Depends. That is, package y Depends on package x being installed and properly configured before package y can be installed. -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sanchez http://familiasanchez.net/~roberto
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