Re: Pre-Depends of #CDD#-common meta packages from cdd-common
On Sun, Jun 13, 2004 at 12:59:53PM +0100, Colin Watson wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 13, 2004 at 01:49:38PM +0200, David Weinehall wrote:
> > On Sun, Jun 13, 2004 at 12:39:11PM +0100, Colin Watson wrote:
> > > I guess in debian/postinst you can probably get away without worrying
> > > about this, but I generally prefer portable shell wherever possible, by
> > > way of good practice if nothing else. Of course, base-passwd.postinst
> > > has special requirements because it's part of an Essential package, so
> > > keeping dependencies to an absolute minimum is more valuable there.
> >
> > Wouldn't it be a good thing to move which from debianutils to
> > /bin/which.
>
> Like I say, I believe it should be for interactive use only, so I don't
> really care that it's in /usr. Call me a purist if you like ...
>
> The searchpath() example I gave is a simple cut-and-paste shell
> function, and actually makes code neater - no messy redirections needed.
>
> > debianutils is essential/required/base, so it should meet
> > various availability-requirements and minimum-dependency requirements.
>
> I would still prefer not to rely on it from other Essential packages.
> The consequences of adding extra dependency edges there can be
> surprising at times, and it is always a win to keep Essential as
> reliable as possible. (Also, some older versions of debianutils managed
> 'which' using alternatives ...)
Fair enough. It'll make my work a bit messier though... =)
Regards: David
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