On Thu, 2007-09-13 at 14:59:11 +0200, Magnus Holmgren wrote: > Package: debian-policy > > The description of Pre-Depends in section 7.2 says that half-configured > packages can satisfy pre-dependencies. However, chapter 6 does not mention > that package state. Instead, it talks about "Failed-Config" (and "Failed > Config"). Reading dpkg(1) suggests that half-configured is correct and > failed-config wrong, but I can't tell for sure whether the both are really > the same.
Those two are synonyms. dpkg and dselect use halfconfigured internally and Failed-config when talking to the user. regards, guillem -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]