tags 379641 patch
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On Mon, Jul 24, 2006 at 06:55:49PM +0200, Helge Kreutzmann wrote:
>
> Looking at the description for Depends: you'll see:
> Depends: <package list>
> List of packages that are required for this package to provide a
> non-trivial amount of functionality. The package maintenance
> software will not allow a package to be installed if the pack-
> ages listed in its Depends field aren't installed (at least not
> without using the force options), and will run the postinst
> scripts of packages listed in Depends: fields before those of
> the packages which depend on them, and run prerm scripts before.
>
> The last sentence is very long and incomprehensible. The first half is
> clear (up to ...force options),) but then the author tries to explain
> something about the order of certain scripts being run.
Here is a proposal:
Depends: <package list>
List of packages that are required for this package to provide a
non-trivial amount of functionality. The package maintenance
software will not allow a package to be installed if the pack-
ages listed in its Depends field aren't installed (at least not
without using the force options). The postinst scripts of packages
listed in Depends: fields are run before those of the packages
which depend on them. On the contrary, the prerm script of a package
is run before those of the package's Depends: fields.
This needs clearance from a dpkg maintainer.
Kind Regards,
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Nekral
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