On Tue, 2005-01-11 at 01:35 -0500, William Ballard wrote: > On Tue, Jan 11, 2005 at 06:16:01AM +0000, Scott James Remnant wrote: > > dpkg doesn't remove foo-modules_1.0 at all. > Note that I said "remove", the old files are replaced during the unpack phase rather than removed.
It's generally assumed that if you're unpacking a package, you actually
want it installed.
1) No banana or icecream:
descent tmp# dpkg -s banana
Package: banana
Status: purge ok not-installed
Architecture: all
descent tmp# dpkg -s icecream
Package: icecream
Status: purge ok not-installed
Architecture: all
2) Install banana 1.0:
descent tmp# dpkg -i banana_1.0.all.deb
Selecting previously deselected package banana.
(Reading database ... 140490 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking banana (from banana_1.0.all.deb) ...
Setting up banana (1.0) ...
descent tmp# cat /banana
This is banana 1.0.
descent tmp# dpkg -s banana
Package: banana
Status: install ok installed
Maintainer: Scott James Remnant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Architecture: all
Version: 1.0
Description: yellow fruit
3) Upgrade to banana 2.0 (which needs icecream):
descent tmp# dpkg -i banana_2.0.all.deb
(Reading database ... 140492 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace banana 1.0 (using banana_2.0.all.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement banana ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of banana:
banana depends on icecream; however:
Package icecream is not installed.
dpkg: error processing banana (--install):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
banana
As you point out, banana 2.0 has been unpacked:
descent tmp# cat /banana
This is banana 2.0.
And is left in an "unpacked" state, rather than installed:
descent tmp# dpkg -s banana
Package: banana
Status: install ok unpacked
Maintainer: Scott James Remnant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Architecture: all
Version: 2.0
Config-Version: 1.0
Depends: icecream
Description: yellow fruit
4) We need icecream, so install it:
descent tmp# dpkg -i icecream_1.0.all.deb
Selecting previously deselected package icecream.
(Reading database ... 140491 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking icecream (from icecream_1.0.all.deb) ...
Setting up icecream (1.0) ...
5) And complete configuration of banana:
descent tmp# dpkg --configure -a
Setting up banana (2.0) ...
descent tmp# dpkg -s banana
Package: banana
Status: install ok installed
Maintainer: Scott James Remnant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Architecture: all
Version: 2.0
Depends: icecream
Description: yellow fruit
Scott
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