On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 11:31:34AM +0100, Raphael Hertzog wrote: > diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml > index f5c6818..8727be1 100644 > --- a/policy.sgml > +++ b/policy.sgml > @@ -4323,10 +4323,17 @@ Build-Depends: foo [!i386] | bar [!amd64] > The <tt>Depends</tt> field should also be used if the > <prgn>postinst</prgn>, <prgn>prerm</prgn> or > <prgn>postrm</prgn> scripts require the package to be > - present in order to run. Note, however, that the > - <prgn>postrm</prgn> cannot rely on any non-essential > - packages to be present during the <tt>purge</tt> > - phase. > + present in order to run (if both packages are involved in a > + dependency loop, this might not work as expected, see the > + explanation a few paragraphs back). In the case of > + <prgn>postinst</prgn> and <prgn>postrm</prgn>, the > + depended-on packages will be unpacked and configured. > + Note, however, that the <prgn>postrm</prgn> cannot rely on > + any non-essential packages to be present during the > + <tt>purge</tt> phase. In the case of <prgn>prerm</prgn>, > + the depended-on package will at least be unpacked (it might > + be configured too, but you can't rely on it unless you use > + <tt>Pre-Depends</tt>). > </item> > > <tag><tt>Recommends</tt></tag>
This atleast states how I think it works. Kurt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-policy-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
