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"Package dependencies" Packages can depend on each other (available in WPKG 0i.9e., you have to install Firefox before installing some FIrefox plugin etc.6 and later) allows a 'depends' entry in the 'package' node:.
The format is very simple, and reminds the one used for [[profile dependencies]]: <package id="packageA" name...> <depends package-id="A test my-package" depends="packageB"/> <depends package -id="packageB" name="Another test other-package"/> ... </package>
I use this to ensure that a package "winxpupdates" is installed by setting 'execute="always"' in the package entry. My winxpupdates package depends on all the hotfixes released by Microsoft: if I add another package to the list of dependencies this is checked each time the machine boots. The new package listed in the 'depends' entry should then be installed on the machine in the usual way (Frank Lee).
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