Re: [epg@progeny.com: Bug#154142: dhcp-client conflicts]
On Sat, Jul 27, 2002 at 09:28:56PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 27, 2002 at 09:20:03PM +0100, Mark Brown wrote:
> > It seems pointless given that you can't actually depend on the package
> > and expect it to do anything in particular - the package seems to serve
> > no purpose. I mean, as far as I can tell a package providing access to
> These appear to be equally valid arguments against all other virtual
> packages in Debian.
I wouldn't say so. For example, a C compiler ought to provide
/usr/bin/cc in some form or another, a mail transport agent ought to
provide a /usr/sbin/sendmail implementation and a web server ought to
serve things out of /var/www by default. Other virtual packages appear
to be more about ensuring that only one package tries to use a given
resource at one time.
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