[Linux-disciples] Debian upgrade order

[Dylan Thurston]

On Mon, May 30, 2005 at 01:32:25PM -0400, Stephen R Laniel wrote:
> I just did a big Ubuntu apt-get upgrade, which is
> obviously identical to the Debian apt-get upgrade, and I
> noticed that the order seems to be
> 
> foreach(@packages) {
> 	pre-install script;
> }
> 
> foreach(@packages) {
> 	unpack;
> }
> 
> foreach(@packages) {
> 	install script;
> }

That's a simplification, since sometimes one package needs to be
fully installed before another package is pre-installed, but
essentially, yes.

> Any idea why Debian orders the process the way it does?

I've wondered about this myself.  I assumed it was for efficiency
reasons, that it ends up being faster this way, but I don't know.

Peace,
	Dylan
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