On 7/25/06, Frank Küster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
An alternative would be to have a pseudo-package (or however we name it) mysql-server-remote that a local admin installs to tell dpkg that it should never install a local server. I'm not sure this is a typical use case, but the principle might be worth considering for more general use.
It is possible that you might want a local installation of mysql for whatever reason (or any other database for that matter), yet still want to use a remote installation for one or more packages on the system. The same argument can be made for postgresql and openldap as well. Personally I feel "Suggests" is fine. At most such a package might need to additionally and specifically state this requirement in README.Debian. The only other solution I can think of is a pseudo package that depends on both mysql-server and wordpress, but I'm sure that approach has problems of it's own. regards, Izak