On September 9, 2003 10:18 am, Vincent Béron wrote: > Le mar 09/09/2003 à 12:50, Keith Matthews a écrit : > > On Tue, 09 Sep 2003 19:09:04 +0300 > > snip > > I think you should be considering multiple, alternative packages. Yes, I > > know it is more work, but even the current packages have dependencies on > > things that some people consider un-necessary and avoidable. > > > > Far too many packagers seem to want to add everything including the > > kitchen sink in, the end result is packages that are a right royal PITA > > if you are trying to install on a small system. > > The opposite (as Debian does it) is a slew of small packages for the > whole Wine functionality. So if you don't install wine-print, you can't > load winspool.drv, and some apps (even some from which you don't use the > print facility) won't load. It's a semi-common problem on IRC. > > The best way is, as Alexandre tries to go, run-time detection. Yes the > executables are bigger (more functionality), but there's not more > installation-time dependancies and it can use some more libs as they are > installed. > > Vincent
, except that rpm insists on the appropriate packages being installed before it will even install the wine. Personally my environment is for business computing. I only have a sound card because it is on the board; I don't have speakers. So I have no need for sound, scanner support, camera support and all the other things that a lot of people do want. Therefore I find it extremely frustrating when I have to install packages purely to satisfy an rpm requirement. -- Bill Medland ACCPAC International, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Corporate: www.accpac.com Hosted Services: www.accpaconline.com
