Re: Embedding one .deb inside another

2009-11-29 Thread Matthew Palmer
On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 12:59:54PM -0800, Joe Smith wrote: > I'm having an issue with distributing a .deb package that has a dependency > on another .deb package that might not be in an available repository (or the > target may not have a network connection at the time of installation). What > I'd

Re: Embedding one .deb inside another

2009-11-27 Thread Thibaut Paumard
Le 26 nov. 09 à 21:59, Joe Smith a écrit : Hi, I'm having an issue with distributing a .deb package that has a dependency on another .deb package that might not be in an available repository (or the target may not have a network connection at the time of installation). What I'd like to d

Re: Embedding one .deb inside another

2009-11-26 Thread Paul Wise
On Fri, Nov 27, 2009 at 4:59 AM, Joe Smith wrote: > I'm having an issue with distributing a .deb package that has a dependency > on another .deb package that might not be in an available repository (or the > target may not have a network connection at the time of installation). What > I'd like to

Re: Embedding one .deb inside another

2009-11-26 Thread Tim Retout
On Thu, 2009-11-26 at 12:59 -0800, Joe Smith wrote: > Is this something that's fundamentally impossible or is there some way > to achieve what I need? I believe this is fundamentally impossible given your description of the constraints; as you've discovered, dpkg will take out a lock on its statu

Embedding one .deb inside another

2009-11-26 Thread Joe Smith
Hi, I'm having an issue with distributing a .deb package that has a dependency on another .deb package that might not be in an available repository (or the target may not have a network connection at the time of installation). What I'd like to do, ideally, is embed the dependency inside the parent