On Sat, 2 Aug 2003, Herbert Xu wrote: > Adam Heath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> Objection. There is no way to create any user in preinst as the tool > >> to do so is not in an essential package. > > > > This is what pre-depends are for. > > A single pre-dependency is not enough. You will need to convert all > of adduser's dependencies into pre-dependencies, and probably most of > the things it depends on as well.
No. adduser can still use normal depends. Pre-depends just means the dep'd on package has to be configured. And depends are for this exactly. You're confusing pre-depends and essentialness. > You also need to ensure that adduser and anything that it depends on to > function are always available at all times just like libc6. You're confusing pre-depends and essentialness.
