Re: circular depends: problem
Shaleh <shaleh@livenet.net> writes:
> It makes more sense for the symlink to exist. The /usr/doc/e-themes
> directory would be a waste of inodes.
No it would not not. A symlink and gratuitous dependency for the sake
of ``saving some inodes'' *IS* broken. You do not understand or are
ignoring the definition of Depends in the packaging manual.
| `Depends'
| This declares an absolute dependency.
|
[...]
| The `Depends' field should be used if the depended-on package is
| required for the depending package to provide a significant
| amount of functionality.
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James
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