Requires(pre) support?

[Ville Skyttä]

On Mon, 2006-07-10 at 13:36 -0600, Vincent Danen wrote:
> * Ville Skytt? <vskytta at gmail.com> [2006-07-09 15:53:37 +0300]:
> 
> > > Does rpm actually remove a program that is no longer
> > > required by anything else at the end of executing the %pre script?  That
> > > seems... wrong.
> > 
> > FWIW, I disagree with "wrong", but yes, it allows removing such a thing
> > afterwards.
> 
> Ok, but does it remove it automatically if it's not required by anything
> else?

Sorry, I apparently read your previous question a bit hastily.  Haven't
tested, but I'd be very surprised if it did, and that would seem wrong
to me too.

> Regardless, this doesn't help with apt not following Requires(pre)
> ordering.

I know, that's why this stuff was marked as "off topic" in my initial
reply and I'll shut up now ;)