On Tue, Aug 03, 1999 at 08:32:57AM -0700, Joseph Carter wrote: > > I second this proposal, but please change the word "dependency" > > by "Pre-Dependency" (otherwise I would formally object ;-). > > Rationale: base-files (>=whatever) must be unpacked and *configured* > > before *any* package using /var/mail is *unpacked*, because the symlink > > /var/mail -> /var/spool/mail will be handled in base-files' postinst. > Obviously and I support this addition. I'm confused. No packages install things into /var/spool/mail or /var/mail directly, do they? Nor can I see why they'd want to use this as part of their preinst or even postinst. Neither exim nor mutt include /var/anything in their dpkg -L output. Why does /var/mail have to exist before those packages are unpacked? Before they're actually *executed*, I could believe, but that only requires an ordinary dependency, no? Cheers, aj -- Anthony Towns <aj@humbug.org.au> <http://azure.humbug.org.au/~aj/> I don't speak for anyone save myself. PGP encrypted mail preferred. ``The thing is: trying to be too generic is EVIL. It's stupid, it results in slower code, and it results in more bugs.'' -- Linus Torvalds
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