I accomplish this by In the control file for test-application_1_i386.deb
Depends: test-database ([EMAIL PROTECTED]@) | test-database-server-installed, test-storage ([EMAIL PROTECTED]@) | test-storage-server-installed, libxml-libxslt-perl Then if the empty package test-database-server-installed is not installed it will always get test-database package. Thanks for your help! >-----Original Message----- >From: Goswin von Brederlow [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2006 10:37 AM >To: Jerry DuVal >Cc: [email protected] >Subject: Re: Question about variably depending packages > >"Jerry DuVal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> :o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" >> xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" >> xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40";> >> >> Can a package have a variable depends in the control file? :p> > >Yes. But not the way you mean. > >What you mean is that the depends should change depending on a config >file on the system. That is not possible. The file could be changed at >any time and that would alter the depends and break the system. That >just isn't supported. > > >> I have created the following packages:p> >> >> :p> >> >> test-database_1_i386.deb:p> >> >> test-application_1_i386.deb:p> >> >> test-storage_1_i386.deb:p> > >You could have a 4th package test-remotedb that asks for the hostname >of the remote db during configuration (with debconf) and enters that >IP into the config file. The test-database package on the other hand >would enter localhost into the config file. test-remotedb and >test-database could conflict. > >MfG > Goswin > >PS: use ucf for config file handling, don't include the file as >conffile. > > >-- >To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact >[EMAIL PROTECTED]
