Re: additional virtual packages for kde
On Wed, 26 Nov 1997, Christian Schwarz wrote:
> However, let me make another suggestion: We add a new control field to our
> packages, namely `Distributor'. All Debian packages will get
>
> `Distributor: SPI'
>
> and everyone outside the project should use something else, e.g.
>
> `Distributor: KDE Project' (or how they call themselves--I don't
> know)
>
> Then we could extend dpkg/dselect/deity to check for this field and warn
> the user if he/she tries to mix such packages. Of course, there should be
> a way to override these warnings (just when someone tries to override some
> dependencies).
That looks like a good proposal. We could define that a foo_A.deb from SPI
will always conflict with a foo_B.deb from other parties, no matter the
values for A and B.
--
Enrique Zanardi ezanardi@ull.es
Dpto. Fisica Fundamental y Experimental Univ. de La Laguna
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