Re: PGP depends.
Guy Maor writes ("Re: PGP depends."):
> On Wed, 28 Aug 1996, Dale Scheetz wrote:
>
> > In particular it says that packages that depend on
> > packages in non-free are to reside in contrib (or non-free if other
> > restictions apply).
>
> I've also been meaning to bring this up, but from another angle.
> Previously, Ian, you've said that packages which depend on a non-free
> package must be put in non-free, hence the current location.
>
> The reasoning behind this is that a CD would typically have no non-free
> packages. Selecting mailcrypt would apparently confuse dselect as it
> would not be able to find pgp.
>
> I just wanted to confirm that dselect would not have problems with
> moving mailcrypt and other such packages into contrib.
No, it wouldn't have any problems. You'll still find that dselect
complains rather, but it's better to make software available than not,
if we can.
If people don't like that they can deselect all `contrib' packages.
Ian.
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