On Tue, 07 Jan 1997 22:24:58 EST "Daniel S. Barclay" ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> > From: Philippe Troin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > On Mon, 06 Jan 1997 11:51:34 EST JD Thomlinson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > > wrote: > > > > > Just a question - > > > Will cron ever relent without being forced? > > > IMHO, cron really doesn't require, recommend or suggest, > > > it demands! > > > > No, it recommends. It means that the package can run without a MTA, ... > > > What JD meant is that every time you run dselect, cron _again_ recommends > a mail again. It's a pain in the butt. I declined once; why did I keep > having to say no to that choice every time I install something completely > unrelated? > > Probably dselect should show recommendations only when the user changes the > status (selected vs. non-selected, etc.) of one of the packages involved > in the recommendation. There are three levels of ``dependency'' in dpkg/dselect: 1) Depends: won't install without the depended packages. 2) Recommends: will install without the recommended packages, but dselect will warn you every time. 3) Suggests: will install without the suggestes packages, dselect will only warn once. Levels 2 and 3 are ignored by dpkg while level 1 is enforced by dpkg. Phil. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
