On Sat, Dec 08, 2007 at 09:24:35AM +0900, Osamu Aoki wrote: > I think if we solve this broken dependency with the patch on the BTS, we > may end up with undesirable situation.
Yep. that's why I modified the patch. See git://git.debian.org/~lamont/postfix.git > Solution1: (Pedantic) > In addition to the patch proposed, postinst of postfix needs to check > existence of postfix-doc package and if it exists, run postconf -e > line as a part of postinst. And that's what it does. > Solution2: (I like this better for simplicity) > A bit more sloppy but simple solution is just move this postconf -e > line to postinst of postfix package and run it even if postfix-doc does > not exist. Then add postfix-doc to the recommends for postfix so you > have excuse if this minor feature does not work for installation without > postfix-doc. See https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/postfix/+bug/135851 > Comment: > I do not understand why following still exist for postfix. > Replaces: ... postfix-doc (<< 1.1.7-0) > Since postfix has postfix-doc package as I observe, why not just set > Conflicts: ... postfix-doc (<< 1.1.7-0) > if the old postfix-doc (<< 1.1.7-0) causes problem? It's there to allow partial upgrades. OTOH, 1.1.7 is about 3 major Debian releases ago, so it can certainly go at this point. lamont -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
