Bug#183470: marked as done (dpkg: can't dependencies be checked before overwriting?)
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From: Dan Jacobson <jidanni@dman.ddts.net>
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Subject: dpkg: can't dependencies be checked before overwriting?
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Package: dpkg
Version: 1.10.9
Severity: minor
File: /usr/bin/dpkg
Can't dependency problems be checked before the user blows away his
good version?
# dpkg -i /tmp/gnucap_0.33-2_i386.deb
(Reading database ... 214178 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace gnucap 1:0.33-1 (using /tmp/gnucap_0.33-2_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement gnucap ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gnucap:
gnucap depends on libgcc1 (>= 1:3.2.3-0pre2); however:
Version of libgcc1 on system is 1:3.2.2-0pre8.
gnucap depends on libstdc++5 (>= 1:3.2.3-0pre2); however:
Version of libstdc++5 on system is 1:3.2.2-0pre8.
dpkg: error processing gnucap (--install):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
gnucap
Yes, I know about apt. I'm wondering why you can;t move the check just
a little earlier in the sequence of events.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
Architecture: i386
Kernel: Linux debian 2.4.20-k7 #1 Tue Jan 14 00:29:06 EST 2003 i686
Locale: LANG=zh_TW.Big5, LC_CTYPE=zh_TW.Big5
Versions of packages dpkg depends on:
ii dselect 1.10.9 a user tool to manage Debian packa
ii libc6 2.3.1-10 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
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From: Ben Collins <bcollins@debian.org>
To: Dan Jacobson <jidanni@dman.ddts.net>, 183470-done@bugs.debian.org
Subject: Re: Bug#183470: dpkg: can't dependencies be checked before overwriting?
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On Wed, Mar 05, 2003 at 07:44:45AM +0800, Dan Jacobson wrote:
> Package: dpkg
> Version: 1.10.9
> Severity: minor
> File: /usr/bin/dpkg
>
> Can't dependency problems be checked before the user blows away his
> good version?
>
> # dpkg -i /tmp/gnucap_0.33-2_i386.deb
> (Reading database ... 214178 files and directories currently installed.)
> Preparing to replace gnucap 1:0.33-1 (using /tmp/gnucap_0.33-2_i386.deb) ...
> Unpacking replacement gnucap ...
> dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gnucap:
> gnucap depends on libgcc1 (>= 1:3.2.3-0pre2); however:
> Version of libgcc1 on system is 1:3.2.2-0pre8.
> gnucap depends on libstdc++5 (>= 1:3.2.3-0pre2); however:
> Version of libstdc++5 on system is 1:3.2.2-0pre8.
> dpkg: error processing gnucap (--install):
> dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
> Errors were encountered while processing:
> gnucap
>
> Yes, I know about apt. I'm wondering why you can;t move the check just
> a little earlier in the sequence of events.
It's a chain of events based on definitions. gnucap depends on libgcc1,
which by definition means that libgcc1 needs to be installed before
gnucap can be configured. That does not mean it needs to be installed
before gnucap is. That would be a pre-depends (a depend which must be
satisfied before a package is even unpacked).
Making your change would break all installs, even with apt and dselect.
It's not uncommon to make use of this as a feature, which is why we have
the difference between depends and pre-depends.
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