Re: What's heppening to Debian? Mono?
On Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:08:39 -0400
machiner <machiner@debiantutorials.org> wrote:
> All apologies, I posted this earlier to the wrong list.
>
> Won't someone please tell me why Debian is installing mono by default with the
> installation of Gnome on Lenny?
>
You can open the package in aptitude (probably synaptic but I don't know it).
If you look near the bottom of the package description there is an option of
packages which depend on ...
if you press enter on it, it will open and show you all packages depending on a
given package and their install status.
> Tue Mar 25, 12:13 # aptitude install gnome
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... Done
> Reading extended state information
> Initializing package states... Done
> Reading task descriptions... Done
> Building tag database... Done
> The following packages are BROKEN:
> gamin
> The following packages have been kept back:
> rpm{a}
> The following NEW packages will be installed:
>
> ....
>
> libmono-addins0.2-cil{a}
> libmono-cairo1.0-cil{a} libmono-corlib1.0-cil{a} libmono-corlib2.0-cil{a}
> libmono-data-tds1.0-cil{a} libmono-data-tds2.0-cil{a}
> libmono-i18n1.0-cil{a} libmono-i18n2.0-cil{a} libmono-security1.0-cil{a}
> libmono-security2.0-cil{a} libmono-sharpzip0.84-cil{a}
> libmono-sharpzip2.84-cil{a} libmono-system-data1.0-cil{a}
> libmono-system-data2.0-cil{a} libmono-system-web1.0-cil{a}
> libmono-system-web2.0-cil{a} libmono-system1.0-cil{a}
> libmono-system2.0-cil{a} libmono0{a} libmono1.0-cil{a} libmono2.0-cil{a}
>
> ....
>
> mono-common{a} mono-gac{a} mono-jit{a} mono-runtime{a}
>
> ...
>
> tomboy{a}
>
> The following packages will be REMOVED:
> abiword{a}
> 0 packages upgraded, 262 newly installed, 1 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
> Need to get 54.5MB/283MB of archives. After unpacking 780MB will be used.
> The following packages have unmet dependencies:
> gamin: Conflicts: fam but 2.7.0-13.1 is to be installed.
> Resolving dependencies...
> The following actions will resolve these dependencies:
>
> Keep the following packages at their current version:
> fam [Not Installed]
>
> Leave the following dependencies unresolved:
> gnome-desktop-environment recommends fam
> gnome-screensaver recommends rss-glx
> nautilus recommends fam
> Score is -541
>
> Accept this solution? [Y/n/q/?] HELL NO!
>
> And....WTF is this: $ aptitude search mono
>
> ......
>
> p libmono-microsoft-build2.0-cil - Mono Microsoft.Build
> libraries p libmono-microsoft7.0-cil - Mono Microsoft
> libraries p libmono-microsoft8.0-cil - Mono Microsoft libraries
>
>
> Doesn't anybody else think it's bad-medicine to be including potentially
> dangerous code in the default installation? I want to hear from devs that
> mono is free from potential liability. Do you know for sure? I am sure that
> there are others that are getting that queasy feeling in their stomachs about
> including mono in the default install.
>
> It has been pointed out to me that Gnome now "needs" Tomboy. However, Tomboy
> has its own dependencies -- mono. Is Gnome still a good idea? Why not Xfce4?
>
> And for a note-keeping application what's wrong with Notecase?
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