Re: Woody release notes
On Thu, 2002-03-07 at 17:06, Joey Hess wrote:
> Erich Schubert wrote:
> > > > Perhaps this section should mention that installing mdetect and
> > > > discover (and discover-data?) before installing xserver-xfree86 will
> > > > turn on auto-detection of the graphics card?
> >
> > Maybe we should make some metapackage for this?
> >
> > Package: x-window-system-easy
> > Pre-Depends: discover, mdetect, read-edid
> > Depends: xserver-xfree86
> > Description: Configuration of X with autodetection
>
> Well I was thinking along similar lines and it seems to me that the
> desktop and X tasks should include the three utilities.
>
> aj might be annoyed at adding stuff to tasks+standard at this late date
> though. Also, there seems to be no good way to ensure the three are
> installed before apt installs the X server.
That's what Pre-Depends does, isn't it? Make sure the packages listed
are installed and configured before the package in question is
installed.
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