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Re: XEmacs and LDAP



On Fri, Mar 02, 2001 at 09:43:51AM +1100, Brian May wrote:
> >>>>> "Dave" == Dave Baker <dave@dsb3.com> writes:
> 
>     Dave> It would be nice to have, but is it good to have a library
>     Dave> dependency for all other users of emacs who doesn't want or
>     Dave> need LDAP?
> 
> xemacs21-bin and xemacs21-mule in unstable already depend on
> libopenldap1????

Well, then it does not very much difference. I'll include it! :)
 
> Even if this was not the case, I don't see what the problem
> is. libldap2 is only 484k...
> 
> (its small, unlike stable X libraries, and contains new stuff, not
> obsolete, unlike the requests I have got to support Kerberos 4 in
> Heimdal).
> 
> Other packages already depend on it anyway, according to "apt-cache
> showpkg libldap2":

Sometimes depends is to hard, a recommends can be better (if it works). :)

> Reverse Depends: 
>   libnss-ldap,libldap2 2.0.2-2
>   libpam-ldap,libldap2 2.0.2-2
>   libldap2-dev,libldap2 2.0.7-2
>   postfix-tls,libldap2 2.0.2-2
>   xemacs21-nomule,libldap2 2.0.2-2
>   xemacs21-mule-canna-wnn,libldap2 2.0.2-2
>   xemacs21-mule,libldap2 2.0.2-2
>   xemacs21-bin,libldap2 2.0.2-2
>   slapd,libldap2 2.0.2-2
>   sendmail-wide,libldap2 2.0.2-2
>   sendmail,libldap2 2.0.2-2
>   postfix,libldap2 2.0.2-2
>   php4-ldap,libldap2 2.0.2-2
>   php3-ldap,libldap2 2.0.2-2
>   php3-cgi-ldap,libldap2 2.0.2-2
>   netsaint-plugins-extra,libldap2 2.0.2-2
>   libpam-ldap,libldap2 2.0.2-2
>   libnss-ldap,libldap2 2.0.2-2
>   libldap2-dev,libldap2 2.0.7-2
>   libldap-ruby,libldap2 2.0.2-2
>   libapache-auth-ldap,libldap2 2.0.2-2
>   ldap-utils,libldap2 2.0.2-2
>   ldap-gateways,libldap2 2.0.2-2
>   kdebase-libs,libldap2 2.0.2-2
>   gq,libldap2 2.0.2-2
>   exim,libldap2 2.0.2-2
>   evolution,libldap2 2.0.2-2
> 
> In turn, other packages depend on items in the above list, eg imp
> depends on php?.ldap (IIRC).

Not since some of the last uploads. It just recommends it. :)

> So, please make LDAP the default for the Debian package.

Ok, I'm convinced. :)

Regards,

// Ola

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