Hi Steve, Thank you for your quick answer.
Le dimanche 25 septembre 2005 à 01:06 -0700, Steve Langasek a écrit : > On Sun, Sep 25, 2005 at 09:38:34AM +0200, Julien Valroff wrote: [...] > > > * Is there any possibility to force the order of > > configuration/installation when installing several packages together? > > Yes: package dependencies. That is waht I supposed. > > * The other way would be to make bootsplash-theme package _not_ depend > > on bootsplash, I think it would force the theme to be installed before > > the main bootsplash package is installed, is that right? But what would > > then happen with aptitude that installs the recommended packages by > > default? > > If bootsplash requires a theme to be installed in order for its postinst to > complete successfully, then bootsplash must depend on the theme and the > themes must not depend on bootsplash. Thanks, it works, at least with dpkg (I still have to check how synaptic an aptitude behaves). But installing a theme without installing the bootsplash utilities is then possible, and totally useless. Don't you think this can mislead users? > If the package's debconf config script *also* can't do the right thing > before the theme is unpacked, then the config script should exit without > attempting to set any debconf variables. I am not sure to understand what you mean. Could you please explain again? Cheers, Julien -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
