I've just been testing the new version of dpkg-mountable -- nothing exciting, I'm afraid -- using a large set of packages to install, and I've hit a small problem. perl-base was predepended on by something, which caused it (using the usually-disabled predepends support) to remove perl. This broke dpkg-mountable, and I had to install perl by hand.
Now, for me, this was trivial, as I knew exactly what needed to be done. The question is, what about other users? And more specifically, should I make dpkg-mountable predepend on perl? This would have the advantage that, so far as I can tell, the installation shouldn't break like this in future (although I have a fuzzy memory of a bug in dpkg which might actually allow this). On the other hand, it's another predepends, and I'm not really sure whether dpkg would handle this situation well anyway. I guess it comes down to: does breaking dpkg-mountable count as stopping the system functioning? Comments would be appreciated. Thanks, Andy -- Andy Mortimer, [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.poboxes.com/andy.mortimer PGP public key available on key servers -- I only smile in the dark, My only comfort is the night gone black. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
