Re: "recommends" in current potato.

1999-12-29 Thread Mark Brown
On Wed, Dec 29, 1999 at 08:10:09AM +, Ed Cogburn wrote: > In potato now, there are at least five of those "recommends" > dependencies. What is this function for? The explanation in 'man > deb-control' doesn't provide an example of why this nagging > "recommends" dependency is useful.

"recommends" in current potato.

1999-12-29 Thread Ed Cogburn
In potato now, there are at least five of those "recommends" dependencies. What is this function for? The explanation in 'man deb-control' doesn't provide an example of why this nagging "recommends" dependency is useful. If the installer wants to override a "recommends" just like a "su