(cutting off P5P from the cc: list, since that's getting off topic) 2008/5/18 Raphael Hertzog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > As a current maintainer of dpkg, I can tell you that dpkg2 has never been > anything else than vaporware. I know of nobody working on a dpkg rewrite.
Ah, pity, there was some interesting ideas there IIRC. But it's a long time since I've ever dabbled in dependency solvers. (I used to maintain rpm and urpmi for Mandriva.) >> > Hm, one option could be to have the packaging system (dpkg) set >> > PERL_DL_NONLAZY=1 for all preinst script invocations... >> >> I'm not 100% sure that's a good idea. > > Can you elaborate on the reasons? Are there stuff which could break? It's mere intuition. Perl modules are loaded, and often only one or two functions are used, so .so loading may not need to take place. You want to make sure they work even in strange installation circumstances. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
