On Mon, 16 Jun 1997, Lawrence Chim wrote:
> Dale Scheetz wrote: > > > > If a standard package depends on a non-free package it should be reported > > as a bug. To my knowledge there are no such packages in 1.3.0. Lawrence, you probably mean "package in stable depends on package in non-free." While this is not officially treated as a bug in debian, it will probably appear as one to most users faced with a blocking dselect. > There is some. For example, some program depends on gs and there are > two gs > packages - one in binary-i386 and one in non-free. For people to use > the one > in non-free, they have to install the one in binary-i386 first then > replace > it by the one in non-free later. Or, better, first select and install gs-aladdin, then select and install ghostview or gv. Same with pinepgp and the packages it depends on. Cheers, Joost -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
