Re: Predepends query

1998-05-09 Thread Andy Mortimer
Jason Gunthorpe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 7 May 1998, Andy Mortimer wrote: > > > 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 installe

Re: Predepends query

1998-05-09 Thread Jason Gunthorpe
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 pr

Predepends query

1998-05-08 Thread Andy Mortimer
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 d