On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 07:21:15AM +0000, Neil Williams wrote: > > Also, is the new dpkg going to Pre-Depend: on this new install-info package? > > If not, what does this /usr/sbin/install-info wrapper script do when called > > and /usr/bin/install-info is absent? Packages currently call install-info > > from their maintainer scripts unconditionally, because it's provided by an > > Essential package.
> Triggers will replace such maintainer script calls, Not instantaneously! This needs to include a sane transition plan. "Don't worry, we'll use triggers" is not. > IIRC the remaining install-info script is to provide support until all > the packages using maintainer scripts calls migrate to using triggers > for their info documents. Which means install-info must be reliably present on the system until that transition is finished. Which means dpkg needs to Pre-Depend on install-info. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developer http://www.debian.org/ slanga...@ubuntu.com vor...@debian.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-policy-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
