Re: pkgs that have installer scripts, and the pkgs that depend on them.
Adam Heath <adam.heath@usa.net> wrote:
> During an irc session, someone said that fortify wouldn't install with my pkg.
> Fortify depends on netscape4. This is wrong, in my opinion. Netscape4 is
> just an installer, and is not needed to actually install netscape.
>
> Should pkgs depend on installers? I have my debs providing 'netscape.'
> Should all installer pkgs provide a virtual pkg, that other pkgs then depend
> on?
Hmm.. if the mechanisms used in fortify work with your package, I'd
guess that you should provide netscape4 as well. I'm pretty sure that
fortify won't work with version 3 of netscape.
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Raul
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