Russ Allbery <r...@debian.org> writes: > Russ Allbery <r...@debian.org> writes: […] > @@ -1079,10 +1079,10 @@ > </p> > > <p> > - Sometimes, a package requires another package to be installed > - <em>and</em> configured before it can be installed. In this > - case, you must specify a <tt>Pre-Depends</tt> entry for > - the package. > + Sometimes, a package requires another package to be unpacked > + <em>and</em> configured before it can be unpacked. In this > + case, the dependent package must specify this dependency in > + the <tt>Pre-Depends</tt> control field. > </p>
The first sentence there still suffers from the ambiguous reference (the “it” in “before it can be unpacked”) that tripped me up when reading. I suggest instead: - Sometimes, a package requires another package to be installed - <em>and</em> configured before it can be installed. In this - case, you must specify a <tt>Pre-Depends</tt> entry for - the package. + Sometimes, unpacking one package requires that another package + be first unpacked <em>and</em> configured. In this case, the + dependent package must specify this dependency in the + <tt>Pre-Depends</tt> control field. -- \ “On the internet you simply can't outsource parenting.” —Eliza | `\ Cussen, _Top 10 Internet Filter Lies_, The Punch, 2010-03-25 | _o__) | Ben Finney -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-policy-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87hbjs7avg....@benfinney.id.au
