retitle 50411 dpkg-preconfig should do basic dependancy check thanks Wow. Joey, that is some wierd magic. :)
Thanks! :) On Tue, Nov 16, 1999 at 10:21:58PM -0800, Joey Hess wrote: > 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 -- Seth Arnold | http://www.willamette.edu/~sarnold/ Hate spam? See http://maps.vix.com/rbl/ for help Hi! I'm a .signature virus! Copy me into your ~/.signature to help me spread!
