Hi, On Sun, 12 May 2013, Charles Plessy wrote: > <p> > The <tt>*-noawait</tt> directives should be used unless the > packages awaiting triggers can not satisfy <tt>Depends</tt> > relationships until the triggers have been processed. > In that case, the <tt>interest</tt> or <tt>activate</tt> > directives > should be used, as they will put the triggering packges in the > "Triggers-Awaited" state, which does not satisfy dependencies. > Note that pakcages unnecessarly entering this state can cause the
s/pakcages/packages/ > early processing of triggers or even dependency loops. > </p> > > I also added "through the <tt>interst</tt> or <tt>activate</tt> directives" > after "When a configured package activates a trigger". > > I applied the other changes you proposed as well, with minor rewording: > > - <prgn>dpkg</prgn> keeps a list, <tt>Triggers-Awaited</tt> of > - interested packages whose trigger processing is awaited. Every > + <prgn>dpkg</prgn> keeps a list of interested packages whose > trigger > + processing is awaited, which is stored in the > + <tt>Triggers-Awaited</tt> field in dpkg's status database. Every > > I attached an updated version of the patch. Thanks, I agree that your improved wording is better. Seconded. Cheers, -- Raphaël Hertzog ◈ Debian Developer Get the Debian Administrator's Handbook: → http://debian-handbook.info/get/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-policy-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130512080917.gb14...@x230-buxy.home.ouaza.com
