Re: postinst scripts failing because a new conffile wasn't accepted: Is it a bug?
"Roberto C. Sanchez" <roberto@familiasanchez.net> wrote:
> 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.
No, it's just Depends. Package y depends on package x being installed
*and* properly configured before y can be configured or used. If package
x is marked as "properly configured", but it cannot be used (by package
y's postinst, or during normal operation of y) because of the conffile
problem, this is a serious bug.
Regards, Frank
--
Frank Küster
Inst. f. Biochemie der Univ. Zürich
Debian Developer
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