Re: Should I recommend "less" if I use it in some scripts?

[Michael Koch <konqueror@gmx.de>]

Am Montag, 22. März 2004 10:25 schrieb Number Six:
> Some of the scripts I include with my package use "less" (as well as
> "sed", "tr", and "grep").  I know for a fact "less" is not installed
> by default.  (Not sure about this others).
>
> Should every little "ordinary" thing like less be included in my
> Recommends?  It's surely not germane to the package, but if it's not
> there, these little scripts will break.

You need to depend on "less", a recommends seems not to be enough in 
your case. "coreutils" and "sedutils" are marked "essential" and can be 
exspected on the system.


Michael