On Wed, Jan 21, 2004 at 03:10:02PM -0500, Joey Hess wrote: > Branden Robinson wrote: > > > dpkg: error processing xserver-xfree86_4.3.0-0pre1v5_i386.deb (--install): > > > subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1 > > > > xserver-xfree86 (transitively) depends on xfree86-common: > > > > % cat ~/packages/xfree86/svn/branches/4.3.0/sid/debian/xfree86-common.dirs > > etc/X11/Xresources > > > > I do not understand how you experienced the failure you describe. Can > > you help me understand it? > > Dependencies are not required to be satesfied when preinst scripts are > run.
Yeah, that knowledge percolated its way up through the sludge in my brain shortly before you replied. -- G. Branden Robinson | When we call others dogmatic, what Debian GNU/Linux | we really object to is their [EMAIL PROTECTED] | holding dogmas that are different http://people.debian.org/~branden/ | from our own. -- Charles Issawi
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