On Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 04:38:41PM +0000, Doug MacFarlane wrote: > On 20 Nov 2002, 17:26:01, Haim Ashkenazi wrote: > > I don't know about debian (just came back to linux from solaris) but > > iproute2 only have to be installed if you use certain syntax/feature. it > > is workeable without it. I guess it should be suggested and not > > dependent.
Doesn't sound like it. > > did you install it with apt or with dselect? (it's my understanding > > that apt only install dependent packages and doesn't say anything > > about suggested). > > I installed shorewall with apt-get. My sources.list points to stable. > > I have no problem installing iproute (I did this). What I don't understand > is why the shorewall Debian package didn't identify iproute as a necessary > dependency. It was bug #144698, fixed in unstable. Cheers, -- Colin Watson [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]