Ben Finney <[email protected]> writes:

> The first sentence there still suffers from the ambiguous reference (the
> “it” in “before it can be unpacked”) that tripped me up when reading. I
> suggest instead:

> -       Sometimes, a package requires another package to be installed
> -       <em>and</em> configured before it can be installed. In this
> -       case, you must specify a <tt>Pre-Depends</tt> entry for
> -       the package.
> +       Sometimes, unpacking one package requires that another package
> +       be first unpacked <em>and</em> configured.  In this case, the
> +       dependent package must specify this dependency in the
> +       <tt>Pre-Depends</tt> control field.

Bleh, sorry.  I saw that in your message and fully intended to make that
change and then forgot to do so.  I have the correct version now.

-- 
Russ Allbery ([email protected])               <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>


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