The following commit has been merged in the master branch:
commit cc7ee6f7c0c2fd603c976391cba5fb42ddfe49c1
Author: Jonathan Nieder <[email protected]>
Date: Mon Feb 28 18:53:13 2011 -0600
dpkg-maintscript-helper(1): dpkg only has to be unpacked for it to be usable
Some packages use a pre-dependency to ensure a version of dpkg with
dpkg-maintscript-helper is available by the time preinst is run.
Clarify that "available" here means "unpacked", not configured, for
some added peace of mind.
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Raphaël Hertzog <[email protected]>
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 8f3af72..43acc26 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ dpkg (1.16.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
[ Jonathan Nieder ]
* Remove support for use of synchronous sync(2), due to its pernicious
side-effects and to ease maintenance.
+ * Clarify that an up-to-date dpkg only needs to be unpacked for
+ dpkg-maintscript-helper to work.
[ Updated programs translations ]
* German (Sven Joachim).
diff --git a/man/dpkg-maintscript-helper.1 b/man/dpkg-maintscript-helper.1
index c01ac78..4cd061f 100644
--- a/man/dpkg-maintscript-helper.1
+++ b/man/dpkg-maintscript-helper.1
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ abort\-upgrade/abort\-install, the \fBpostrm\fP renames
.P
Given that \fBdpkg\-maintscript\-helper\fP is used in the \fBpreinst\fP,
using it unconditionally requires a pre-dependency to ensure that the
-required version of dpkg has been configured before. The required version
+required version of dpkg has been unpacked before. The required version
depends on the command used, for \fBrm_conffile\fP and \fBmv_conffile\fP
it is 1.15.7.2:
.P
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