On Mi, 2011-04-27 at 19:34 +0300, Eugene V. Lyubimkin wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On 2011-04-27 14:53, Julian Andres Klode wrote:
> > I hereby request comments on changing APT to pre-depend on
> > ${shlibs:Depends}.
>
> > When we upload a new version of APT, depending on a newer
> > library version (due to new symbols, whatever), and APT gets
> > unpacked before the library, the system's ability to upgrade is
> > broken, unless you fix it manually via calls to dpkg.
>
> First, this statement is not true because other package managers exist.
No other non-APT-using package manager with Priority: important.
>
> Second, why the APT's ability to upgrade is broken under these
> conditions? Unless I'm missing something, the upgrade cannot be
> started in the middle of another upgrade [1].
> [1] If we count the situation for resuming broken upgrade, there is a
> some chance you'll have to call dpkg manually or some hacks
> to proceed anyway.
We do count situations like
http://lists.debian.org/deity/2011/04/msg00154.html
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