Bug#705403: Correcting non-standard dpkg states in the Policy.

[Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>]

Le Sat, Apr 20, 2013 at 10:23:21PM -0700, Jonathan Nieder a écrit :
> [...]
> > @@ -4716,7 +4716,7 @@ fi
> >            dependencies on other packages, the package names listed may
> >            also include lists of alternative package names, separated
> >            by vertical bar (pipe) symbols <tt>|</tt>.  In such a case,
> > -          if any one of the alternative packages is installed, that
> > +          if any one of the alternative packages is "Installed", that
> >            part of the dependency is considered to be satisfied.
> 
> I'm a bit nervous about this change, since dependencies are more
> complicated than that.  For example, a Depends relation does not
> prevent a package being on the system while packages it depends on are
> missing, especially during an upgrades.
> 
> There is another use of installed with the same meaning nearby, which
> this patch doesn't touch:
> 
>           Packages can declare in their control file that they have
>           certain relationships to other packages - for example, that
>           they may not be installed at the same time as certain other
>           packages, and/or that they depend on the presence of others.
> 
> How about something like:
> 
>                                                        In such a case,
>            that part of the dependency can be satisfied by any one of
>            the alternative packages.

Hi Jonathan, it is even better, thanks !  I have pushed the changes
with your correction.

Have a nice week-end,

-- 
Charles