-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- On Mon, 8 Jun 1998, Martin Schulze wrote:
> [...] > Does anybody object? > > The problem is that the _preinst_ might use the programs useradd and > groupadd. These are not in the base system nor essential. They're > included in the passwd package. They might use configuration files > that might not be configured when using a normal Dependency. > > Is there another way to solve this? Maybe there is another way: preinst could do a check to see whether the programs and/or configuration files it needs are available or not and exit with an error if that is not the case. However, this would have almost exactly the same effect than a Pre-Dependency (dpkg receives an error and it does not install the package). Perhaps the difference is that if you add a Pre-Depends, apt and pkg-order will benefit from it, since they follow the optimal order, but if the Pre-Dependency is done "by hand" in the preinst, they will not benefit. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.3ia Charset: latin1 iQCVAgUBNXvGpiqK7IlOjMLFAQE80gP/bfU3g3Cb0cGCdR2dYf4VJuUf5VPeu8AM CWdW1GN4A5ONOlQGiN1IcAoDL+4uS4nK0/tGqtuMjSkjxcqHeokA+1iX62G2r9qQ Fo2yB2+p63M0xJI5FYHhbaE8IELxgrmXTUiwtGnRB+Uh7Cveaquzx9lHMroRzTNw Xf4hhrzzTDA= =RVsC -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
