Re: dpkg-statoverride question
On Fri, Jun 02, 2000 at 05:44:38PM -0300, Gustavo Noronha Silva wrote:
> On Wed, 14 Nov 2001 09:38:14 -0200
> Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org> wrote:
> > On Wed, 14 Nov 2001, Pedro Zorzenon Neto wrote:
> > > My package (avrprog) uses dpkg-statoverride in the postinst script.
> > > Should I put a pre-depends on dpkg?
> >
> > No. A simple versioned depends is enough. You only need pre-depends when you
> > use a package's programs in preinst.
>
> if I am not misunderstanding anything, no package needs to depend on
> dpkg as it is part of base am I wrong?
The criterion is essential rather than base - but yes. As you suggest (I
think), a versioned dependency on dpkg (>= 1.7.0) is required for
dpkg-statoverride regardless of the fact that dpkg is essential.
--
Colin Watson [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]
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