hi vincent, > In fact, my note was not consistant with what was really done. I have > added mysql-server in Suggests and php5-mysql is in Depends : > > Depends: dbconfig-common, apache2 | httpd, libapache2-mod-php5 | libapache-mod-php5 | php5 | php5-cgi | libapache2-mod-php4 | libapache-mod-php4 | php4-cgi | php4, php5-mysql | php5-mysqli | php4-mysql | php5-pgsql | php4-pgsql | php5-sqlite | php4-sqlite, ucf > Suggests: mysql-server | posgresql-server | sqlite if you use dbconfig-common, you should also have an or'd Depends between the database client packages that it supports. i guess that'd be: mysql-client | virtual-mysql-client | postgresql-client-8.1 | postgresql-client future versions of dbconfig-common will have a bit more intelligence about providing the admin with a way to stop and install one of the above packages before continuing, but currently packages should do what's above to make sure at least one supported client program is available. as for the tmp dir issue, if you don't feel safe using /var/tmp, you should use /var/cache/package/some-subdirectory-name instead, along with a cronjob to clear out the old files. i'd recommend using a subdirectory so you have the freedom to use the parent directory for more later in case the need ever arises. sean
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