On 23/11/16 19:46, Ravi Roy wrote: > Hi, > > I've a question regarding the package maintainer scripts (preinst, > postinst, prerm and postrm) and dependencies of the package > > I've a meta package where i've certain dependencies mentioned and i'm > checking a config file in 'preinst' from a dependent package but is not > found. > > Question is : All dependencies of the package are installed and > configured first then maintainers scripts are run or ? > Thank you
I'm not entirely clear on the specifics, but you might find "Pre-Depends" is more reliable for this. https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-relationships.html suggests that this should only be an issue if there's a circular dependency, but I may be reading it wrong. Richard
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