Re: Essential pacakges
On 7 Mar 1998, Guy Maor wrote:
> Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca> writes:
>
> > Now, my understanding is that essential packages, by definition, must
> > be installed for the system to function - This package claims to be
> > essential but removes other essential packages! (thus an essential package
> > does not have to be installed for the system to function)
>
> This package is ok. The only way to remove an essential package is to
> have another essential package conflict & replace.
Yes, but available in the same dist? I think that is wrong. I can see the
point in having say some package in hamm that obsoletes some package in
bo, but these two are designed to be available at the same time!
Jason
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