Re: Package priorities and dependencies.

[Dale Scheetz <dwarf@polaris.net>]

On Sun, 15 Jun 1997, Clint Adams wrote:

> 
> > Does this make sense to anyone but me?
> 
> It seems unnecessary for shared libraries to have priorities if they're
> useless without programs which depend upon them.
> 
I don't see your point, and you seem to have missed mine.

I was trying to point out that allowing dependencies to reach outside a
packages priority has the potential to cause problems, specificly when
package intallation is organized using the priority levels (as has been
suggested in the past as a solution to several packaging problems)

Once the base system (required packages) is installed, all the important
packages should be capable of installation, followed by all standard,
etc... The two dependencies I sited for the priority group important are a
case in point.

Luck,

Dwarf
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