Some packages use a pre-dependency to ensure a version of dpkg with dpkg-maintscript-helper is available by the time preinst is run. Clarify that "available" here means "unpacked", not configured, for some added peace of mind.
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <[email protected]> --- Raphael Hertzog wrote: > Unpacking is enough. It's just a shell script, there's nothing more needed > to make it work. Thanks. How about this patch? [...] > Until then I advise people to use the protected version (with the if test) > or to add the pre-dependency (but it's not really needed to discuss it on > -devel, introducing a requirement to upgrade dpkg early in the upgrade > process is not a big deal). Hmm, isn't the policy on pre-dependencies rather meant to avoid pre-dependency loops? So, for example, it would be a Bad Thing™ if coreutils acquires a pre-dependency (or dependency, for that matter) on dpkg for this feature. I don't see why it's justified to waive the policy §3.5 requirement here without at least some discussion on the debian-policy list. debian/changelog | 2 ++ man/dpkg-maintscript-helper.1 | 2 +- 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog index e488faf..c34dbd7 100644 --- a/debian/changelog +++ b/debian/changelog @@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ dpkg (1.16.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low [ Jonathan Nieder ] * Remove support for use of synchronous sync(2), due to its pernicious side-effects and to ease maintenance. + * Clarify that an up-to-date dpkg only needs to be unpacked for + dpkg-maintscript-helper to work. [ Updated programs translations ] * Portuguese (Miguel Figueiredo). diff --git a/man/dpkg-maintscript-helper.1 b/man/dpkg-maintscript-helper.1 index c01ac78..4cd061f 100644 --- a/man/dpkg-maintscript-helper.1 +++ b/man/dpkg-maintscript-helper.1 @@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ abort\-upgrade/abort\-install, the \fBpostrm\fP renames .P Given that \fBdpkg\-maintscript\-helper\fP is used in the \fBpreinst\fP, using it unconditionally requires a pre-dependency to ensure that the -required version of dpkg has been configured before. The required version +required version of dpkg has been unpacked before. The required version depends on the command used, for \fBrm_conffile\fP and \fBmv_conffile\fP it is 1.15.7.2: .P -- 1.7.4.1 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110301005313.GA5597@elie
