Re: [RFC] Debian skin for AIX
On Sat, 9 Mar 2002, Colin Watson wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 09, 2002 at 01:01:49PM -0600, Jor-el wrote:
> > b. The AIX package database is called the ODM (sorry - you'll have to
> > ask someone who knows, what it stands for) and contains details of files
> > installed via the AIX installer. The dpkg database needs to be able to
> > read that information and be capable of accepting AIX programs as
> > an alternative to dependencies. For example, PERL is distributed as part
> > of AIX proper and also as part of the toolbox. If there is a Debian
> > package that depends on PERL, and if the AIX PERL is installed, then the
> > Debian installer needs to recognize that the dependancy has been met.
>
> Are you sure about that? AIX's perl package won't be configured with the
> same include path as Debian's, so our perl-based packages are unlikely
> to work with it.
>
> I think it's safer to consider the Debian part of a system like this as
> entirely independent.
>
Colin,
Well...no, I'm not sure about that. But so long as the right PERL
modules are available in @INC, what does it matter where they are located?
Are there going to be some Debian specific modules that are going to be
a common dependancy to all Debian packages which depend on PERL?
Thanks,
Jor-el
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