On Sat, Sep 16, 2006 at 12:17:18PM +0200, martin f krafft wrote: > I have a problem without a clear solution. mdadm uses debconf-escape > in it's debconf config file and declares a dependency on debconf (>= > 1.4.72), as that command is only available from that version on.
> The problem is that apt-preconfigure runs long before APT even > worries about satisfying the versioned dependency on debconf. > Therefore, the configuration fails: > /tmp/mdadm.config.29435: line 1: debconf-escape: command not found > I see two solutions, but I don't know which one to use: > - implement my own debconf-escape and use it if the command is not > available > - pre-depend on debconf. I am not sure whether this is actually > going to cut the mustard. > Any advice? A pre-depend is not sufficient to ensure a package's availability when apt-preconfigure is run. You must write your debconf .config script to fail gracefully in the absence of any non-essential packages (+ previous stable version of debconf). Writing your own debconf-escape is one option, another is to exit the .config script if debconf-escape is unavailable, deferring configuration until the postinst. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.debian.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
