On Fri, Nov 08, 2002 at 01:51:47PM +0100, Adrian Bunk wrote: > reopen 165921 > thanks > > On Thu, Nov 07, 2002 at 01:18:14PM -0600, Debian Bug Tracking System wrote: > >... > > Sorry, We cannot make libc6 depend on debconf. That would make debconf > > more essential than libc6. You can see the circular dep problem. > > These questions are only relevant when upgrading libc6. > The vast majority of woody installations has debconf installed due to > other packages depending on debconf. > > Technically the following solution should be possible (pseudocode):
Not to mention that even if debconf is installed, nothing says that the system (especially during a libc6 upgrade) is in any state to start debconf up. -- Debian - http://www.debian.org/ Linux 1394 - http://www.linux1394.org/ Subversion - http://subversion.tigris.org/ Deqo - http://www.deqo.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
