reassign 50411 debconf retitle 50411 dpkg-preconfig should do basic dependnacy check thanks
Seth R Arnold wrote: > I think apt-get upgrade should make upgrading debconf a high priority, > higher than most other packages. I have seen three times, on two different > computers, apt-get upgrade fail because a certain package must have > pre-depended on a certain version of debconf, without actually specifying > the Predepend: debconf (>>x.xx). The error messages are non-intuitive at the > least. No, apt should not treat debconf specially. Debconf is going to be modified to detect packages that try to use newer versions of it than are available, and skip preconfiguring them. -- see shy jo
