Re: Bug#88307: Netbase needs to not depend on not-necessarily-needed packages.
On Sun, Mar 04, 2001 at 03:55:07PM +0100, Marc Haber wrote:
> In the long run, this is a case of what I have been observing in the
> past quite a few times: The need for "dynamic dependencies". A package
> should be able to decide in pre/postinst which packages should be
> pulled in too. This way, netbase could check whether a 2.0, 2.2, or
> 2.4 kernel is installed and then decide whether to pull ipfwadm,
> ipchains or iptables. No need to have all three of them installed.
What happens if someone is using the ipchains (or ipfwadm *shudder*) "compatibility mode" in 2.4.x?
> Greetings
> Marc
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