Scott James Remnant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> 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
To make it clearer say banana 1.0 also contains
/banana-without-icecream while banana 2.0 contains
/banana-with-icecream.
At what point would /banana-without-icecream be removed by dpkg?
MfG
Goswin
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