Eric Dorland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> - If you set up the alternatives in preinst, then there is a time when >> the symlink exists but the pointed binary hasn't been unpacked yet -> >> unbootable system. >> - If you set up the alternatives in postinst, there is a time when there >> is no /sbin/init at all -> unbootable system. > > The second case is only true if the init providing packages conflict > with each other, which I don't think would necessarily be the case.
It would also be true if the admin chooses to deinstall tho old package and install the new package at the same time. Matthias -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
