Re: Always run dpkg --dry-run -i before running dpkg -i!
On Thu, 6 Jan 2005, Sebastian Ley wrote:
> * William Ballard wrote:
>
> [...crap...]
>
> Do you need the -utils apckage to build the -source package? No. So no Depends
> and no Recommends for you. Period. Depends and Recommends have a certain
> well-defined meaning and I am greatful that we are not arbitarily misusing
> them.
>
> The resulting -modules package has a depends on the -utils package, which is
> everything that is needed.
It *may* require a versioned depends on a newer version, but that's just a
normal bug.
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