On 07/20/2010 09:50 PM, Julien Cristau wrote: > On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 21:44:21 +0200, Bernd Zeimetz wrote: > >> On 07/20/2010 09:08 PM, Philipp Kern wrote: >>> Well, that lsb_release is written in Python is just an implementation >>> detail, no? So it just should not be the responsibility of the caller. >> >> It should as you can't assume that your dependencies are configured when your >> own package is being configured (Debian Policy 3.5). > > Where in 3.5 do you read that?
Sometimes, a package requires another package to be installed and configured before it can be installed. In this case, you must specify a Pre-Depends entry for the package. We have exactly this case here. lsb_release needs to be configured first. -- Bernd Zeimetz Debian GNU/Linux Developer http://bzed.de http://www.debian.org GPG Fingerprints: 06C8 C9A2 EAAD E37E 5B2C BE93 067A AD04 C93B FF79 ECA1 E3F2 8E11 2432 D485 DD95 EB36 171A 6FF9 435F -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4c4600af....@bzed.de
