On Mon, Apr 11, 2005 at 08:12:00AM +0100, Paul Martin wrote: > On Sun, Apr 10, 2005 at 01:34:37PM +0000, Gerrit Pape wrote: > > This package will Replace:, Conflict:, and Provide: cron, and actually > > supports the features logrotate requires from a cron system. Due to the > > versioned dependency on cron (>= 3.0pl1-53), it doesn't fulfill this > > dependency though, and anacron is required to be installed by logrotate. > > Judging from the changelog, the versioned dependency has been introduced > > in 1999, I don't think it would cause problems to remove the special > > version requirement after five years. > > Are you telling me that the new version number will be LESS than > 3.0pl1-53? Would the use of epochs help?
The bcron package will be a replacement for the default cron package, and provides (nearly) the same functionality. Its debian/control will include for that: Provides: cron Replaces: cron Conflicts: cron Due to the nature of the Provides: field I cannot specify any version AFAIK, and so the logrotate package requires anacron to be installed, although it's not necessary. > Also, the dependency is for either cron or anacron. You don't need both > installed. Yes that's what I want to achieve for the bcron cron replacement, it would work if you remove the versioning from the cron dependency, and I don't think this would break anything. Thanks, Gerrit. PS: If you like here's a preliminare bcron package to test with http://people.debian.org/~pape/Eez3yao/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
