Raphael Hertzog writes ("Re: Bug#456332: dpkg could use an elevated pre-depends or depends on lzma"): > I'm still not convinced that this is the right approach, Pre-Depends are > supposed to not be used lightly. Does the package need to be configured, > isn't a simple dependency enough ?
Yes, the decompressor needs to be configured because its dependencies need to have been installed. And it has to be a predependency because the _unpack_ requires the decompressor. Depends is not checked until after unpacking. > And we're speaking of: > $ dpkg -s lzma | grep Installed > Installed-Size: 292 > $ dpkg -s bzip2 | grep Installed > Installed-Size: 124 Between them that's nearly half a megabyte. (That's not to mention the couple more we're bound to acquire if we make this actually work well.) The downsides of a Pre-Depends is that it makes installation ordering much more tricky - but this Pre-Depends is in fact an accurate reflection of the situation. If the Pre-Depends is absent and installation operations are done that it would have prevented, those operations will fail. Ian. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]