According to Santiago Vila: > On Mon, 23 Mar 1998, Ian Jackson wrote: > > > > 7. sysvinit's changelog says: "Depends on new dpkg for the new > > > update-rc.d" Well, if this is a simple Depends, then we can install > > > sysvinit without upgrading dpkg, and dpkg would not even complain. Bad > > > thing. Are we sure we want this? I don't think so. > > > > > > ** I will submit a bug against this package if nobody objects. > > > > Err, what is this dependency for ? In particular, what happens if you > > have an unconfigured sysvinit with the new update-rc.d but an old > > dpkg ? > > Yes, what happens? I'm Cc:ing sysvinit maintainer.
Nothing. the update-rc.d only gets called in the postinst (and postrm) phase, and that should be after dpkg is configured. Mike. -- Miquel van Smoorenburg | Our vision is to speed up time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] | eventually eliminating it. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]