Re: Bad practice to make a package depend on a specific kernel image
On Tue, Dec 12, 2006 at 01:40:47PM -0500, Jerry DuVal wrote:
> Is it bad practice to make a package depend on a specific kernel image?
> This might be a loaded question, but I was just trying to get an opinion.
> All of the boxes using this package are of the same configuration.
Generally speaking, yes it is bad practice. kernel modules packages do,
but they are tightly coupled to the kernel (could be considered part of
it), so it is ok.
Probably for anything else it is a case of bad programming. At the very
least they should try to run, notice the missing feature because the
kernel is less than version X and gracefully exit.
We live in a strange world though, there is probably some other rare
reasons why you could depend on a specific version.
- Craig
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