On Mon, Apr 22, 2002 at 11:13:54AM +0200, Santiago Vila wrote: > On Mon, 22 Apr 2002, Colin Watson wrote: > > On Mon, Apr 22, 2002 at 10:37:58AM +0200, Santiago Vila wrote: > > > AFAIK, most packages which use debconf work ok when debconf is not > > > installed. > > > > This one does '. /usr/share/debconf/confmodule' (as do most of them, in > > fact). Unless I miss my guess, that'll return an error when debconf is > > not installed. > > In such case I don't see the need for a Pre-Depends.
Sorry? The preinst will fail with exit status 1 if debconf is not installed, therefore clearly needs it, and must either be changed to not require it or else have the pre-dependency added. > > Relatively few packages bother to adjust their behaviour depending on > > whether debconf is or isn't installed these days. > > Well, those who blindly assume debconf is installed without using a > depends are buggy and should be fixed. That is exactly the case here. -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
