On Tue, 06 Mar 2012, John D. Hendrickson and Sara Darnell wrote: > Debian [easily] installs 850 pkgs at a time: each having > dependencies. Dependencies are resolved to to build the list: BUT > the order to install / configure is un-ordered.
There is an order for the configuration since we ensure that dependencies are satisfied during the postinst configure (except loops). If it fails despite this, then it's a bug in the dependencies (or something entirely unrelated). So I fail to see your point really. Cheers, -- Raphaël Hertzog ◈ Debian Developer Pre-order a copy of the Debian Administrator's Handbook and help liberate it: http://debian-handbook.info/liberation/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]

