Le lundi 19 octobre 2009 à 16:37 +0200, Michal Čihař a écrit : > I think this problem is common to more packages, but I hit this at > phpMyAdmin. The problem is that it Suggests mysql-server because it can > also work with remote server. In the same time it uses dbconfig-common > to configure the database. However dbconfig-common fails for obvious > reasons when the server is not yet configured (and running). If it would > be strict dependency, Pre-Depends would solve the issue, but there is > not something like "I can use this package, but it has to be configured > prior to installation".
Pre-Depends would certainly not solve the issue. Actually, a simple Depends would be enough, since the server would be started by mysql-server.postinst, always executed before phpmyadmin.postinst. Furthermore, it is a common mistake to believe that Pre-Depends can make a package available at debconf time; IT WILL NOT be available at that time. Only essential packages can be used from .config scripts. A possible solution to this kind of issue is to create a package available-mysql-server, which Depends: mysql-server | dummy-mysql-server. The dummy-mysql-server could simply drop a note indicating that you need to configure the remote server. Not very simple for the user, I’m afraid, but more reliable. Cheers, -- .''`. Josselin Mouette : :' : `. `' “I recommend you to learn English in hope that you in `- future understand things” -- Jörg Schilling
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