On Mon, Nov 17, 2014 at 18:24:00 -0500, Scott Kitterman wrote: > It appears that the appropriate resolution of #769106 [1] is to add a new > pre-depends on python-minimal in python. > > This issue at hand is that at the time python2.7-minimal is configured, python > is unpacked, but python-minimal is not. Since python-2.7-minimal doesn't have > a direct depends on python-minimal, this is allowable (policy 7.2, Depends). > > In order for python2.7-minimal to configure, python-minimal needs to be at > least unpacked to provide /usr/bin/pycompile. The only way for python to > ensure this is the case is to declare a pre-depends relation (also policy > 7.2). > Can you explain why/how the python package enters into the picture here at all? Cheers, Julien
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