On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 22:01:51 +0200, Bernd Zeimetz wrote:
> On 07/20/2010 09:50 PM, Julien Cristau wrote:
> > On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 21:44:21 +0200, Bernd Zeimetz wrote:
> >
> >> On 07/20/2010 09:08 PM, Philipp Kern wrote:
> >>> Well, that lsb_release is written in Python is just an implementation
> >>> detail, no? So it just should not be the responsibility of the caller.
> >>
> >> It should as you can't assume that your dependencies are configured when
> >> your
> >> own package is being configured (Debian Policy 3.5).
> >
> > Where in 3.5 do you read that?
>
> Sometimes, a package requires another package to be installed and configured
> before it can be installed. In this case, you must specify a Pre-Depends entry
^^^^^^^^^
This should be read as "unpacked", AIUI.> for the package. > > We have exactly this case here. lsb_release needs to be configured first. > No we don't. Cheers, Julien
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