predepends/depends order

[Sandro Dentella <sandro@e-den.it>]

hi,

  I'm preparing a package that is meant to setup a PDC with ldap and samba
  mainly for schools. The target that will use it is fairly anaware of most
  of the quantity of things that should be configured in such a setup and I
  don't mean to explain more than necessary.

  My package (isi-ldap3) depends on a veriety of other packages (pkg1,
  pkg2...)  that place questions via debconf, so I thought to fill debconf
  variable (of pkgN) via a package isi-ldap3-pre) that should place very
  simple questions and take decision that I consider "difficoult" for my
  target (super?)user.

  Should I make it as a pre-depends?

  The problem i'm coping with wright now is that I can't understand which is
  the order in which all the packages that my packages depends on, will be
  configured. I need to be sure that isi-ldap-pre is completely configured
  before and other package that isi-ldap3 depends on, but reading the manual
  I don't see a way to force an order in the installation of depended-on
  packages. 

  To make it more clear, slapd gets configured before my package
  isi-ldap3-pre: can I force the order?

  Any hints?	 


  thanks in advance
  sandro
  *:-)


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