dpkg dependency checks are sometimes quite useless ?!
Hi !
Written in a bug support for my wwwoffle packet:
>2) When installing the new unstable wwwoffle (2.4b) with dpkg, the
> installprocess first made a mess (by overwring the binary) and complained
> about unmet libc2.1 dependencies --after-- that. I don't know if it's dpkg's
> fault or wwwoffle, but the install process should check dependencies -first-.
I, too, consider this behaviour of dpkg as not very optimal :-(+
Have I done something wrong while packaging or how to prevent such cases ?
read you,
-christian-
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