Hello Nicolas, On Mon, Jul 24, 2006 at 09:46:38PM +0200, Nicolas François wrote: > tags 379641 patch > thanks > > On Mon, Jul 24, 2006 at 06:55:49PM +0200, Helge Kreutzmann wrote: > > > > Looking at the description for Depends: you'll see: > > Depends: <package list> > > List of packages that are required for this package to > > provide a > > non-trivial amount of functionality. The package > > maintenance > > software will not allow a package to be installed if the > > pack- > > ages listed in its Depends field aren't installed (at least > > not > > without using the force options), and will run the > > postinst > > scripts of packages listed in Depends: fields before those > > of > > the packages which depend on them, and run prerm scripts > > before. > > > > The last sentence is very long and incomprehensible. The first half is > > clear (up to ...force options),) but then the author tries to explain > > something about the order of certain scripts being run. > > Here is a proposal: > > Depends: <package list> > List of packages that are required for this package to provide a > non-trivial amount of functionality. The package maintenance > software will not allow a package to be installed if the pack- > ages listed in its Depends field aren't installed (at least not > without using the force options). The postinst scripts of packages > listed in Depends: fields are run before those of the packages > which depend on them. On the contrary, the prerm script of a package > is run before those of the package's Depends: fields. > > This needs clearance from a dpkg maintainer.
I would rephrase the last sentence to:
On the contrary, the prerm script of a package is run before those of
the packages listed in the Depends: field.
Greetings
Helge
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