Am Mon, 2002-11-04 um 14.52 schrieb Karsten Hilbert: > > Package A contains a client software or just depends from a browser > > or something similiar. It depends from a server which is provided by > > package B. I want to make sure that this server is accessible and > > running to ensure that package A works. > How about a post-install script that fails if the service > isn't accessible which in turn asks the user whether to > reverse the installation ? The problem with that is, that you could have the service not beeing available at the time of the installation. Maybe you are doing the installation at nighttime, and a service is only available during working hours. There must be a difference between installation and the use of a package. There are also services like stocktickers, where the service may be temporarily unavailable. Thilo -- thilo pfennig http://www.alternativ.net/
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