On Wed, May 09, 2007 at 03:34:10PM +0700, Ivan Shmakov wrote: > SL> Users can use whatever they want to rotate the logs, with or > SL> without the dependency, by editing the logrotate config files and > SL> configuring their own log rotation program. But logrotate is > SL> Priority: important,
> Doesn't it mean that D-I will probably install it anyway? > (Hadn't used D-I for a few years; may be wrong.) Yes, it does. But I don't think this is an argument against the dependency, I think it's an argument for it. > SL> is lightweight (/usr/sbin/logrotate weighs in at 40k on i386, which > SL> is less than, say, /bin/sed), and is the standard log rotation > SL> mechanism in Debian (including documentation in Debian policy). > Debian policy, AIUI, requires a package to supply an adequate > logrotate.d/ file. It doesn't state anything with respect to > this matter about the contents of a `control' file. True. > SL> and get a consensus for such a change, rather than asking > SL> individual packages to change to accommodate your singular > SL> preference. > I guess, installing some dummy-logrotate package with > ``Provides: logrotate'' in `control' will suffice for a > temporary solution? Yes, or as a permanent (but local) solution. Cheers, -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.debian.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
