RE: [Lsb-wg] install_initd test scripts written

>Wichmann, Mats D wrote:
>> (a) ask if the sysv-style initscript scheme is being used
>> during the interview questions.  If the answer is no,
>> the whole set of tests becomes FIP.
>>   
>Hmm, doing some error checking of install_initd & remove_initd should 
>still work - independent which system is used.
>For instance: A depends on B
>- Install A -> should fail since B is not installed
>- Install B, install A -> should work since B is now installed
>- Remove B -> should fail since B depends on A
>- Remove A, remove B -> should work since nothing depends on A 
>(and then on B)
>This works as reliably as using lsbinstall since that also not proof 
>that the right thing has been done.

Thanks - good point, I think we'd missed this possibility.
The dependency-related stuff should still either install or
not install, even if we can't reliably check where it landed
if it's a scheme we don't recognize. That's why we want to 
discuss these things in a public forum!!!!!