Re: Getting rid of circular dependencies, stage 3

[Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@err.no>]

* "Joe Smith" 

| "Joey Hess" <joeyh@debian.org> wrote in message
| [🔎] 20060110031558.GB2662@kitenet.net">news:[🔎] 20060110031558.GB2662@kitenet.net...
|
| >> Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>
| >>  debconf
| >>  debconf-english
| >>  debconf-i18n
| >
| >These are all necessary, and debconf is an essential package which is
| >not subject to the circular dependency postinst ordering problems afaik.
|
| Well, I'm not sure if that is an excuse for violating policy.

Essential: yes packages must work while unconfigured, so they won't be
bitten by the bug in question here.

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