Re: preconfiguration fails, versioned dependency not satisfied
On Sat, Sep 16, 2006 at 12:17:18PM +0200, martin f krafft wrote:
> I have a problem without a clear solution. mdadm uses debconf-escape
> in it's debconf config file and declares a dependency on debconf (>=
> 1.4.72), as that command is only available from that version on.
> The problem is that apt-preconfigure runs long before APT even
> worries about satisfying the versioned dependency on debconf.
> Therefore, the configuration fails:
> /tmp/mdadm.config.29435: line 1: debconf-escape: command not found
> I see two solutions, but I don't know which one to use:
> - implement my own debconf-escape and use it if the command is not
> available
> - pre-depend on debconf. I am not sure whether this is actually
> going to cut the mustard.
> Any advice?
A pre-depend is not sufficient to ensure a package's availability when
apt-preconfigure is run. You must write your debconf .config script to fail
gracefully in the absence of any non-essential packages (+ previous stable
version of debconf).
Writing your own debconf-escape is one option, another is to exit the
.config script if debconf-escape is unavailable, deferring configuration
until the postinst.
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