> > Should I make it as a pre-depends? > Almost certainly not. Policy makes clear that a pre-depends is a very > special thing.
Maybe mine is a *special* necessuty!... ;-) In fact it would not be sufficent > > I don't see a way to force an order in the installation of depended-on > > packages. > What manual? Debian Policy Manual, chapter 7.2 > I don't have an idea how this could be done. The only alternative I see > is to tell the people "install A-pre first, then install A which will > pull in B,C,D"; or to create a script in A-pre that will ask the debconf > questions and then ask "You must install A,B,C and D for this to have an > effect. Proceed" and run apt-get install A B C D. Thanks, I do realize this is the best solution. I didn't remember this problem with woody, but maybe it was due to some lucky circumstancies. sandro *:-) -- Sandro Dentella *:-) e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.tksql.org TkSQL Home page - My GPL work -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
