Re: Bug#666510: please make udev|makedev dependency Linux-only

[Robert Millan <rmh@debian.org>]

Hi,

El 31 de març de 2012 12:26, Aurelien Jarno <aurelien@aurel32.net> ha escrit:
> Given lm-sensors is completely useless on non Linux-kernel, I don't
> really see the point. The package is kept on non-Linux architectures
> just to avoid removing the build-deps in dozens of packages, to add it
> later when either support for other kernels is added to lm-sensors or
> when the non-Linux kernels start to provide access to sensors via their
> /sys compatibility layer.

I'm afraid I don't understand your point.  You're basically saying
that either [1] or [2] may happen, and that if [1] happens, then the
dependency needs to be removed, if [2] happens, then the dependency
needs to be removed, and until either of [1] or [2] happen, the
dependency needs to be removed anyway.  I.e. you're saying the
dependency needs to be removed no matter if/when [1] or [2] happen.

Additionally, there's [3] which is not something that can happen, but
a decision that has been discarded.  If you apply solution [3], then
of course the situation is different, but you didn't say that you're
taking [3] into consideration.

I can't make any sense of it.  But maybe I'm just obtuse today.  Is
there someone else who understands this reasoning?

[1] someone ports lm-sensors to kfreebsd
[2] kfreebsd adds compatibility extensions to make lm-sensors work
[3] remove the package until it works (alongside all its dependencies)

-- 
Robert Millan