> On Tue, 26 Oct 1999, Julian Gilbey wrote:
>
> > How about:
> >
> > Packages may not depend on packages with lower priority values
> > (excluding build-time dependencies). If this should happen, one of
> > the priority values will have to be adapted.
>
> Maybe the "fully correct wording" would be:
>
> Packages may not have a Depends field on packages...
>
> but I think the context makes clear enough that "depend" refers to the
> "Depends:" field and other fields do not need to be explicitly excluded.
No. "depend" includes Pre-Depends, and the details of how this is
done is dealt with in the Packaging Manual, not policy.
Julian
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