On Sat, 02 Aug 2003 09:59:13 +1000, Herbert Xu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> Adam Heath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> Objection. There is no way to create any user in preinst as the >>> tool to do so is not in an essential package. >> >> This is what pre-depends are for. > A single pre-dependency is not enough. You will need to convert all > of adduser's dependencies into pre-dependencies, and probably most > of the things it depends on as well. Do you really need that? Shouldn't a pre-depends kinda guarantee that the rpedepended package is installed and configured? If the package is installed and configured, all the uspstream dependencies should already be taken care of, no? manoj -- "You who hate the Jews so, why did you adopt their religion?" Friedrich Nietzsche, addressing anti-semitic Christians Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.debian.org/%7Esrivasta/> 1024R/C7261095 print CB D9 F4 12 68 07 E4 05 CC 2D 27 12 1D F5 E8 6E 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA DABB BF24 424C