[Dbconfig-common-devel] Re: dbconfig-common - short question

[Andreas Tille]

On Wed, 8 Feb 2006, Karsten Hilbert wrote:

> Put mysql-server into Recommends: of "your-app-client".
> Create a package "your-app-server". During installation of
> your package "your-app-client" ask whether the user wants a
> local server. If so, schedule an "apt-get your-app-server".
> "your-app-server" should then bootstrap a local database.

Unfortunately there is currently no solution in apt to
"schedule" such a thing.  You can not call apt-get from
apt-get.  You can only advise the user he should call
apt-get once the current apt-get job is finished which is
not very elegant.

Kind regards

            Andreas.

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