Re: Embedding one .deb inside another
Le 26 nov. 09 à 21:59, Joe Smith a écrit :
Hi,
I'm having an issue with distributing a .deb package that has a
dependency on another .deb package that might not be in an available
repository (or the target may not have a network connection at the
time of installation). What I'd like to do, ideally, is embed the
dependency inside the parent package. That way, in the preinst
script, it could just install it's dependency. However, the problem
is that when installing the parent package, it locks the dpkg system
so when it, in the preinst step, goes to run dpkg -i on the
embedded .deb file, it can't get a lock and fails.
I believe that one way would be for the content on the depended-upon
package to be in the depending package. The depending package should
then "Provides:" the depended-upon package.
This is still an ugly solution. Unless in a very controlled
environment, that will eventually cause problems.
T.
Reply to: