Re: Default MTA and dependencies
On Sat, 3 Nov 2001, Bdale Garbee wrote:
> noel@koethe.net (Noel Koethe) writes:
>
> > lintian produces a warning when you just use a virtual-package:
>
> Personally, I think lintian shouldn't consider this something it needs to
> warn about, and any tool that cares and doesn't provide some mechanism to
> handle this case is broken.
>...
> That's sufficient and correct. Depending on just a virtual package should be
> fine as along as at least one real package providing that virtual package is
> available.
It's a lintian warning but not a lintian error. I do think that lintian is
right to give a warning because it's in some cases (apt) easier for a user
if you give a default (e.g. "postfix | m-t-a"). This doesn't harm anyone
who has another MTA installed but it helps people who want to install the
package.
> Bdale
cu
Adrian
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