On 27-Jul-2005, Nicolas Boullis wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 26, 2005 at 11:03:51AM +1000, Ben Finney wrote:
> > On 26-Jul-2005, Nicolas Boullis wrote:
> > > "Recommends: udev (>= 0.060-1)".
> >
> > How does this not express what you want to say? It recommends a
> > minimum version of the package, and allows for no installation of
> > the package.
>
> I pseudo-mathematic verbiage, I want
> udev (>= 0.060-1) = no udev > udev (<< 0.060-1)
> while the recommends line means
> udev (>= 0.060-1) > no udev = udev (<< 0.060-1)
> Am I clear enough about the difference?
>
> Is it better now?
Yes, I think I understand what you want.
You want something that is a non-imperative equivalent to
"Conflicts: udev (<< 0.060-1)"
i.e. one that wouldn't force the result, but would recommend it.
> And conflicting with udev (<< 0.060-1) isn't satisfactory either
In that case, I think you'll have to compromise on one of the two
options you don't like, since I'm pretty sure you can't
"anti-recommends" something with current deb format.
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