On 7 May 1998, Andy Mortimer wrote: > I've just been testing the new version of dpkg-mountable -- nothing exciting, > I'm afraid -- using a large set of packages to install, and I've hit a small > problem. perl-base was predepended on by something, which caused it (using the > usually-disabled predepends support) to remove perl. This broke > dpkg-mountable, and I had to install perl by hand.
It might have been the perl/perl-base dependency loop.. > I guess it comes down to: does breaking dpkg-mountable count as stopping the > system functioning? Comments would be appreciated. A PreDepends will do nothing to assure the safety of an already installed package, that is, as I understand your situation a PreDepends will not help solve your particular problem. Jason -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
