On Mon, Oct 04, 2004 at 02:39:53PM +0200, Jeroen van Wolffelaar wrote: > On Mon, Oct 04, 2004 at 02:28:30PM +0200, Frank K?ster wrote: > > Brian Sutherland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > > No, I think it is a bug to use python in the config script. > > Hm, good catch. Indeed. > > > Please read Policy 7.2. You would need a pre-depends on python, and I > > doubt that this is a valid case for a pre-depends. > > Even pre-depends doesn't help, as the config script is run without ANY > guarantee about available dependencies (debconf excluded), except > essential stuff. Pre-Depends does work however for preinst, and indeed, > this is most likely not a good reason for a pre-depends.
Good point, then perhaps the lintian warning should be about this? Pity I have to re-write my config script though... -- Brian Sutherland
