On 07/20/2010 10:04 PM, Russ Allbery wrote: > Bernd Zeimetz <[email protected]> writes: > >> Sometimes, a package requires another package to be installed and >> configured before it can be installed. In this case, you must specify a >> Pre-Depends entry for the package. > > "Installed" here means "unpacked," not configured. There's a pending > Policy bug to clarify that.
Thanks for the clarification, I fall about that one once a year. >> We have exactly this case here. lsb_release needs to be configured >> first. > > No. dkms doesn't need lsb-release to be configured before it can be > unpacked. That's not this case. -- Bernd Zeimetz Debian GNU/Linux Developer http://bzed.de http://www.debian.org GPG Fingerprints: 06C8 C9A2 EAAD E37E 5B2C BE93 067A AD04 C93B FF79 ECA1 E3F2 8E11 2432 D485 DD95 EB36 171A 6FF9 435F -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
