Josselin Mouette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This is just insane. What if we removed all dependencies on > mail-transport-agent, just because the user can install a random MTA by > himself ? Why not remove all dependencies, while we're at it? The user > may have built his own versions of all software.
A user who compiles their own MTA can use equivs to produce something that satisfies the dependency. Do you think people running kernel 2.4 with NPTL patches should add Provides: kernel-image-2.6 to their package? In any case, dependencies test whether something is installed, not whether something is running. The kernel is one of a very small number of pieces of software that can have multiple versions installed in parallel, even though only one of them can run. It's entirely reasonable to special-case it. -- Matthew Garrett | [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
