Re: need input: essential packages and pre-depends

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Subject: Re: need input: essential packages and pre-depends
From: James Troup <J.J.Troup@scm.brad.ac.uk>
Date: 23 Mar 1998 18:38:50 +0000
Message-id: <[🔎] dmmvht5i75x.fsf@dcsun4.comp.brad.ac.uk>
In-reply-to: Santiago Vila's message of "Mon, 23 Mar 1998 19:33:36 +0100 (CET)"
References: <[🔎] Pine.LNX.3.96.980323192502.1517A-100000@cantor.unex.es>

Santiago Vila <sanvila@unex.es> writes:

> > That's not enough reason to make a package Essential, the policy
> > manual clearly states that removing a required package can leave
> > your system totally FUBAR, [...]
> 
> ... in which case it should be probably essential also.

No.  That's not what is says.

-- 
James


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