Re: file trigger and dpkg aborting due to dependency errors

[Goswin von Brederlow <goswin-v-b@web.de>]

Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> writes:

> On Wed, 30 Mar 2011, Goswin von Brederlow wrote:
>> > Note also that the trigger activation is a no-op if the qlustar-image-common is
>> > not configured which means that you have to regenerate your image in the
>> > "configure" of qlustar-image-common as well as in the "triggered" case.
>> 
>> Is a package allowed to trigger itself? Or is that already considered a
>> cycle?
>
> I don't see how a package can trigger itself. If you run dpkg-trigger from
> the postinst, the package is not configured yet and the trigger is a
> no-op. It's the same for a file trigger which is executed during unpack.
>
> Cheers,

Looking closer at /usr/share/doc/dpkg-dev/triggers.txt.gz:

    Packages in `config-failed' or worse are never considered to have
    lists of pending triggers.  A package whose postinst is being run
    can however acquire pending triggers during that run (ie, a package
    can trigger itself).

The docs seem to support triggering oneself is valid and it works not
just for pakages in `config-failed' state.

MfG
        Goswin