On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 1:34 AM, Helge Kreutzmann <deb...@helgefjell.de> wrote:
> I recently got an RC bug (#530653) which turned out to be a change > in dpkg's update-alternative (the string and output channel of an > error message was changed which is used in the preinst). So I > prepared a new package, but this of course will only work with the > dpkg in unstable (not the one currently in testing nor (old)stable). Why do you need to rely on the output from update-alternatives? Isn't the exit status enough? Also, why isn't it possible to make it work with both output methods? > To allow (partial) updates I think the proper way would be to depend > on dpkg (>= 1.15.0) until Squeeze is released. Depends are not nessecarily satisfied in the preinst. > I read debian-policy and I think I'm right. But given this is in the > preinst I would like to confirm that in this case not one of the other > options (Pre-Depends, Conflicts, Breaks) is more suitable. Pre-Depends would be what is needed to satisfy dependencies in preinst (I think). -- bye, pabs http://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
