On Thu, 4 Dec 2003 13:43:39 +1000, Anthony Towns <aj@azure.humbug.org.au> wrote: >The one that gets installed later, Pre-Deps the one that gets installed >earlier. exim4-daemon Pre-Depends: exim4-config; exim4-config Depends: >exim4-base, probably.
Unfortunately, that doesn't work. apt immediately bombs out with "E: Internal Error, Couldn't configure a pre-depend", while installing all three packages using dpkg simultaneously doesn't work as well: |[3/[EMAIL PROTECTED] woody]:/var/cache/apt/archives$ sudo dpkg --install exim4-base_4.30-0.unreleased_i386.deb exim4-config_4.30-0.unreleased_all.deb exim4-daemon-light_4.30-0.unreleased_i386.deb |(Reading database ... 4426 files and directories currently installed.) |Preparing to replace exim4-base 4.30-0.unreleased (using exim4-base_4.30-0.unreleased_i386.deb) ... |Unpacking replacement exim4-base ... |Preparing to replace exim4-config 4.30-0.unreleased (using exim4-config_4.30-0.unreleased_all.deb) ... |Unpacking replacement exim4-config ... |dpkg: regarding exim4-daemon-light_4.30-0.unreleased_i386.deb containing exim4-daemon-light, pre-dependency problem: | exim4-daemon-light pre-depends on exim4-base (>= 4.30) | exim4-base is unpacked, but has never been configured. |dpkg: error processing exim4-daemon-light_4.30-0.unreleased_i386.deb (--install): | pre-dependency problem - not installing exim4-daemon-light |dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of exim4-base: | exim4-base depends on exim4-daemon; however: | Package exim4-daemon is not installed. |dpkg: error processing exim4-base (--install): | dependency problems - leaving unconfigured |Setting up exim4-config (4.30-0.unreleased) ... | |Errors were encountered while processing: | exim4-daemon-light_4.30-0.unreleased_i386.deb | exim4-base |[4/[EMAIL PROTECTED] woody]:/var/cache/apt/archives$ Looks like we have the following problem: - exim4-daemon-light and exim4-base are to be installed - exim4-daemon-light is not unpacked because it pre-depends on exim4-base. - exim4-base can not be configured because exim4-daemon-light is not yet unpacked. This seems like the clash cannot be solved. Or does anybody have any ideas? Do I see correctly that the default MTA is selected by means of package priority, like that the only MTA of Priority: Important is the default? Is there any other means of selecting the default MTA? And do I see correctly that the rule "Packages must not depend on packages with lower priorities" is a legacy from the times where CD makers were not able to follow Dependency chains? Greetings Marc -- -------------------------------------- !! No courtesy copies, please !! ----- Marc Haber | " Questions are the | Mailadresse im Header Karlsruhe, Germany | Beginning of Wisdom " | Fon: *49 721 966 32 15 Nordisch by Nature | Lt. Worf, TNG "Rightful Heir" | Fax: *49 721 966 31 29
