On 02-May-99 Tonnesen Steve wrote: > > I am developing a package which uses a Mysql database. I would like to > create the database and populate it with some data during the postinst > script. If I add the following Dependencies: > > Depends: mysql-server > Depends: libdbd-mysql-perl > Depends: libdbi-perl > > Can I be certain that Mysql and DBD/DBI will be installed and configured > before my postinst script runs? If I can't, would it be better to bomb > out of my postinst script until the next run, or use a Pre-Depends? >
You describe the exact reason pre-depends exist for.
