--On Mon, May 18, 1998 8:25 pm +0200 "Remco Blaakmeer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wed, 13 May 1998, Joey Hess wrote: > >> Bob Hilliard wrote: >> > While testing the install disks v2.0.6, menu failed to install >> > due to unsatisfied dependencies. (This is the subject of another >> > message). >> > >> > Since menu was not configured, man-db, psmisc, bc, and dc could not >> > be configured because the postinst called update-menu, resulting in >> > the following error message: >> > >> > : update-menus: error in loading shared libraries >> > : libstdc++.so.2.7.2: cannot open shared object file: No such file or >> > : directory >> > >> > None of these packages declare a dependency on menu. I believe >> > that policy should require that a package must declare a dependency on >> > any non-required utility used by the maintainer scripts, or the >> > scripts should be designed not to fail if such a utility is not >> > available. >> > >> > Should a bug be filed against these four packages? I am sure >> > there are many other packages that use update-menu in their postinsts >> > and do not declare a dependency on menu. >> >> Hundreds of packages use menu. The calls to menu are guarded by a test to >> see if menu is installed: >> >> if [ -x /usr/bin/update-menus ]; then >> /usr/bin/update-menus >> fi >> >> Anything using such a test does not have to depend on the command inside the >> if statement, as it will install just fine without it. > > But it may not install 'just fine' if the command is in an unconfigured > state. It seems to me that the correct form for this test is if [ dpkg --configured menu ] I.e. we need a reentrant dpkg fast enough to perform checks like this. Or, possible separate out the reentrant portions into 'dpkg-check'. This would imply, to me, that we move the available list, and associated files into a fast DB format. Which has seemed to be to be sensible for a while anyway - dpkg -l takes far too long for my liking.. Or have I just said something really dumb? Jules /----------------+-------------------------------+---------------------\ | Jelibean aka | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | 6 Evelyn Rd | | Jules aka | | Richmond, Surrey | | Julian Bean | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | TW9 2TF *UK* | +----------------+-------------------------------+---------------------+ | War doesn't demonstrate who's right... just who's left. | | When privacy is outlawed... only the outlaws have privacy. | \----------------------------------------------------------------------/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
