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Re: Unmet Deps revisted



On Wed, 20 Jan 1999, Martin Schulze wrote:

>> Am I missing something here? Where does it say that users should be able
>> to install _all_ optional packages?
>
>When selecting all packages of a certain priority there should be no
>conflicts.  If there are two MTA's, then one is optional, the other is
>extra.  I'm sure this is written down in one of our many policy, develop.
>ref, packaging manuals.

So how does this work if we get lots of (using the same example) different
MTAs? We get one in optional, one in extra, then where do the others go?

-- 
Steve McIntyre, Allstor Software         smcintyr@allstor-sw.co.uk
Getting a SCSI chain working is perfectly simple if you remember that there
must be exactly three terminations: one on one end of the cable, one on the
far end, and the goat, terminated over the SCSI chain with a silver-handled
knife whilst burning *black* candles. --- Anthony DeBoer


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