Re: How to create a metapackage
On Wed, May 13, 2015 at 03:29:47PM +0200, humbert.olivier.1@free.fr wrote:
> >
> > I guess that they should be either "Recommends", or "Suggests", but not
> > "Depends", right? (So that one can deinstall a single package without
> > deleting all others)
>
> I'd say the packages you want to pull with your metapackage need to be in "Depends".
There are several discussions on Debian mailing lists all with the
conclusion that Depends are wrong for metapackages. Please use
Recommends.
Kind regards
Andreas.
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