On Fri, Jun 02, 2000 at 05:44:38PM -0300, Gustavo Noronha Silva wrote: > On Wed, 14 Nov 2001 09:38:14 -0200 > Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Wed, 14 Nov 2001, Pedro Zorzenon Neto wrote: > > > My package (avrprog) uses dpkg-statoverride in the postinst script. > > > Should I put a pre-depends on dpkg? > > > > No. A simple versioned depends is enough. You only need pre-depends when you > > use a package's programs in preinst. > > if I am not misunderstanding anything, no package needs to depend on > dpkg as it is part of base am I wrong?
The criterion is essential rather than base - but yes. As you suggest (I think), a versioned dependency on dpkg (>= 1.7.0) is required for dpkg-statoverride regardless of the fact that dpkg is essential. -- Colin Watson [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
