dependency

In PMC, the relation between solutions. Dependencies are defined at the PMC distributor side and are part of the meta data of a PMC solution and guarantee that PMC solutions are installed in the correct configuration and sequence at the PMC recipient side.

The following values indicate the dependency type between solutions.

Three dependency types are available:

• Pre-requisites
• Co-requisites
• Post-requisites

You can only install solutions that are dependent on other solutions if the other solutions are already present, or are also installed.

The same dependency types exist between patches. However, to keep the descriptions readable, only solutions are mentioned, but patches are meant as well. One exception applies: the post-requisite type is not applicable to patches.