>>>and don't like to be invoked without libncurses.so.3.0 handy. Is it >>>really ok to move libncurses.so.3.0 to libncurses.so.3.0.new in pre >> >>I thought of an obvious solution to this problem, and I'd like it shot >>down if possible: >> >>simply write the scripts for doing these moves in something that's >>guaranteed to never depend on the library. In this case, perl is the >>obvious answer. >> >>Am I missing something? > >Yes, other packages may be being operated on during the same dpkg run >and they may need bash.
...and can I just mention the Curses extension to perl here? I believe under ELF it would actually be dynamically loaded are therefore not drag libncurses into perl unless you actually used it, but it's so wonderful I think it deserves a mention l-) -- Richard Kettlewell [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.elmail.co.uk/staff/richard/
