On Thu, Jan 18, 2001 at 04:04:38PM -0500, Tim Wolgemuth wrote: > I am trying to design a dpkg that installs a website. I have made a > Makefile that will copy the files when a "make install" is done. I was > successful in building a dpkg that does not have any dependencies, but when > I add dependencies it still copies the files to the location but it says > that the dependencies failed. So my question is what runs before the > dependencies are checked and what runs after the dependencies are checked?
I think you want Pre-Depends, which have to be installed before the package is unpacked. The ordering of the dpkg install process can be found in the dpkg-doc package. Ben -- -----------=======-=-======-=========-----------=====------------=-=------ / Ben Collins -- ...on that fantastic voyage... -- Debian GNU/Linux \ ` [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ' `---=========------=======-------------=-=-----=-===-======-------=--=---'
