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Re: Group Policy for Creating Standalone Metapackages



Hi Afif,

On Fri, May 15, 2015 at 01:56:04AM -0700, Afif Elghraoui wrote:
> 
> Just about every piece of documentation I read about equivs says that
> although it was originally designed for creating dummy/fake packages, it
> can also be used for creating metapackages. So I am asking if I can
> create a repository for a metapackage that is built with equivs rather
> than the usual git-build-package.

If you think that this will safe you some time that's OK for me.

> > What exactly should a metapackage do in this situation?
> 
> Sooner or later, I will need a metapackage to depend on all the
> components. The components are developed individually, but they are most
> useful when they are all installed together, which is the usual use case.

That's OK if it fits the kind of software.

Kind regards

       Andreas.

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