-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- On 7 May 1998, James Troup wrote:
> Santiago Vila <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Anyway, since psmisc is not essential (and this is what really > > matters), it would be interesting to know which package uses killall > > (if any) and where, to add the appropriate Dependency. > > Maintainer scripts (and most everything else) should not use killall, > killall is Evil[1]. Packages using killall should be fixed not to use > it rather than depend on psmisc. > > [1] > <URL:http://www.nl.debian.org/Lists-Archives/debian-devel-9801/msg01205.html> Ok, nothing to object. I killall is really evil, perhaps it should be documented in the policy. It is? Thanks. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.3ia Charset: latin1 iQCVAgUBNVLLByqK7IlOjMLFAQEw+AP/XfOWTW0oAD/lx0nr17kG7/MHvdtPOPPT DZlfOpkFqFtGorYHQMq1nLPV2H0l/9EWuUPICSKvrXe4j21U1g2gc/3L54PRyHrs pjuGbmXsDgciohFA1ssSZphisriiwMHq9+AVDX9WxWWMzp3CHa4xt9bj748mAyTl 9GVHOMlPbrY= =0AcA -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
