Re: Advice for a bug report
On Fri 16 Mar 2012 at 16:45:13 +0100, Claudius Hubig wrote:
> Baruch <whatmeurgent@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > # aptitude why iceweasel
> > i sun-java6-plugin Depends firefox | firefox-2 | iceweasel | mozilla-firefox |
> > iceape-browser | mozilla-browser | epiphany-gecko
> > | epiphany-webkit | epiphany-browser | galeon | mid
> > browser | moblin-web-browser | xulrunner | xulrunne
> > r-1.9 | konqueror | chromium-browser | midori | goo
> > gle-chrome
>
> I really don’t understand why someone thought this dependency would
> be a good idea, because the list containing all supported browsers
> can hardly be complete (for example, Opera is missing).
Not that I completely understand either but I'd theorise that the
dependency has to be so explicit because Java is involved. It wouldn't
do to have Lynx replace Iceweasel!
As for there being an exact equivalant in apt to 'aptitude why', I do
not think there is. 'apt-cache rdepends' is the best it has to offer at
present.
As you said, there is no bug in the alternatives system but Baruch may
gain a little more understanding from:
http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=47&t=82722
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