Re: dkms needs a pre-depends entry (Policy 3.5)

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Subject: Re: dkms needs a pre-depends entry (Policy 3.5)
From: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2010 13:01:28 -0700
Message-id: <[🔎] 8739vdgbxj.fsf@windlord.stanford.edu>
In-reply-to: <[🔎] 4C45FC95.50609@bzed.de> (Bernd Zeimetz's message of "Tue, 20 Jul 2010 21:44:21 +0200")
References: <debian/2.1.1.2-3-5-g73533c2@73533c22c534923ec753a3085b92b4cb647ea2b7> <20100717135012.GA7533@radis.liafa.jussieu.fr> <[🔎] 4C41CF26.1040003@iuculano.it> <[🔎] 20100717154949.GA11681@radis.liafa.jussieu.fr> <[🔎] 1279382943.4883.74.camel@localhost> <[🔎] slrni43oia.2n9.trash@kelgar.0x539.de> <[🔎] 1279413327.4883.80.camel@localhost> <[🔎] 4C459834.2060908@bzed.de> <[🔎] slrni4bt29.vbi.trash@kelgar.0x539.de> <[🔎] 4C45FC95.50609@bzed.de>

Bernd Zeimetz <bernd@bzed.de> writes:

> It should as you can't assume that your dependencies are configured when
> your own package is being configured (Debian Policy 3.5).

That's not correct.  You can assume that your dependencies are configured
before you're configured unless there are circular dependencies involved.

-- 
Russ Allbery (rra@debian.org)               <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>

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