Re: Bug#438665: Orphaned packages with quite some users
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- Subject: Re: Bug#438665: Orphaned packages with quite some users
- From: Petter Reinholdtsen <pere@hungry.com>
- Date: Thu, 01 Nov 2007 15:29:39 +0100
- Message-id: <[🔎] 2fly7di82ek.fsf@saruman.uio.no>
- References: <4728AB84.6030208@debian.org> <20071101013738.5ed231e0@raptor.cic> <4728B9C3.6040402@debian.org> <20071031172726.GA23446@scowler.net> <4728E679.1050803@samwel.tk>
[Bart Samwel]
> 2. What we may actually require is a detection system which triggers
> the installation of packages at installation time, based on hardware
> detection.
The discover package got the script discover-pkginstall which will do
this. I've added mapping from hardware to packages for a few that I
know about, but need help to get a more complete coverage. Patches to
extend the functionality is most welcome. :)
Happy hacking,
--
Petter Reinholdtsen
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