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Re: dpkg unpack vs. configure



> 1. Package A needs package B to work
>
> 2. Package B needs package A to work.
> 
> If that would be the case then both packages need to be made one right?

In cases like this, the best one can do is to unpack both packages before
either is configured.

> One solution to this issue is to have an initial base package containing a
> minimal set of essentials a program needs to install.

That's redundant. I would like to install the packages using dpkg from a
mini-root like that on the rescue floppy. This is going to take some special
work on the pre/postinst scripts of a few packages so that they could work
from such an environment.

> Would we still need predependencies in that scenario?

Although I don't have another example at hand, I can postulate situations
in which pre-dependencies might be necessary.

>> We have a better solution for this - configure at selection time.
> How do you envision that would work?

Using a database as Lars described or one as Winni presented in nog-0.5 . 
Add a DEBIAN/configure script that is called by "dselect" at selection
time or by "dpkg" before it installs any packages. This script uses a limited
tool set - say shell and dialog, and sets fields in a database that are used
by the pre/postinst scripts later on. Values in the database are preserved
after installation and can be shared between packages and even used at
run-time for things like the default paper-size.

	Thanks

	Bruce
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