On Mon, 13 Apr 1998, Juan Cespedes wrote: > I'm trying to fix Bug#1797,#5639,#6842... (i.e., the famous > dependencies problems in dpkg) > > Is anyone else working on this?
If you do make any changes please consider applying them only to the configuration stage - for instance aborting a configuration if other dependencies are broken? Increasing the restrictions on the unpack phase will make multiple cd's a bigger pain, and probably wreck any dselect methods that don't order. Even aborting configure might cause some pain :< (ie: I can't configure libc6 because I have the wrong libc6-dev) If I read the bug reports correctly, dpkg allows you to configure things when other packages dependencies on those things is unmet.. Which means it does not inspect reverse dependancies and reverse provide dependancies. Jason -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
