Sandro Dentella <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > hi, > > I'm preparing a package that is meant to setup a PDC with ldap and samba > mainly for schools. The target that will use it is fairly anaware of most > of the quantity of things that should be configured in such a setup and I > don't mean to explain more than necessary. > > My package (isi-ldap3) depends on a veriety of other packages (pkg1, > pkg2...) that place questions via debconf, so I thought to fill debconf > variable (of pkgN) via a package isi-ldap3-pre) that should place very > simple questions and take decision that I consider "difficoult" for my > target (super?)user. > > Should I make it as a pre-depends? > > The problem i'm coping with wright now is that I can't understand which is > the order in which all the packages that my packages depends on, will be > configured. I need to be sure that isi-ldap-pre is completely configured > before and other package that isi-ldap3 depends on, but reading the manual > I don't see a way to force an order in the installation of depended-on > packages. > > To make it more clear, slapd gets configured before my package > isi-ldap3-pre: can I force the order? > > Any hints?
Impossible. What you need is for the packages you want to preconfigure to Depend on isi-ldap-pre. Which means rebuilding all of them. Maybe you should look into CDD (custom debian distribution). They have solved this kinds of problems mostly. MfG Goswin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]