Re: cdebconf, and a versioned dependency on debconf

2008-12-02 Thread Steve Langasek
On Tue, Dec 02, 2008 at 11:43:30AM -0200, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: > On Fri, 28 Nov 2008, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > > Now, as of version 3.005, ucf started using a feaure that has > > long been a part of cdebconf, but was only ported to debconf in version > > 1.5.19, so now ucf

Re: cdebconf, and a versioned dependency on debconf

2008-12-02 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Fri, 28 Nov 2008, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > Now, as of version 3.005, ucf started using a feaure that has > long been a part of cdebconf, but was only ported to debconf in version > 1.5.19, so now ucf started depending on: >debconf (>= 1.5.19) | cdebconf > and this is where trou

Re: cdebconf, and a versioned dependency on debconf

2008-11-28 Thread Steve Langasek
On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 08:51:26PM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > Solutions? > a) Do not depend on cdebconf as an alternate; in which case the upgrade > works fine, but the future transition to cdebconf gets hairier. > b) depend on cdebconf, but check which variant is present, and

cdebconf, and a versioned dependency on debconf

2008-11-28 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi, This is an issue that bit me recently. ucf relies heavily on debconf to do its job, and thus depends on it. Way back when, it was told to me that we arte going to move to cdebconf, which at some point will be the preferred way. In the meantime, to facilitate the future transition,