* Ritesh Raj Sarraf <r...@debian.org> [150923 07:47]: > On Wed, 2015-09-23 at 13:23 +0200, Ansgar Burchardt wrote: > > Gianfranco Costamagna <costamagnagianfra...@yahoo.it> writes: > > > the problem actually is that virtualbox-dkms should be configured > > > *before* configuring virtualbox > > > > Why should this need Pre-Depends instead of Depends assuming > > virtualbox > > depends on the -dkms package? > > Hello Ansgar, > > Please see attached terminal log from APT. I have copied the relevant > sections. It shows the purpose of vbox-dkms and why exactly virtualbox > package fails. > > Also, the same has been discussed in following bug reports. > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=798979 > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=798527
The logs (that I snipped) were from an installation of the versions where virtualbox-dkms incorrectly had a Depends on virtualbox. This does nothing to justify using Pre-Depends. Using Pre-Depends is wrong. ...Marvin
