Martin Wuertele wrote: >> What is the preferred solution for this kind of problem? > > Wordpress already suggests virtual-mysql-server which is imo sufficient. > There might be arguments to raise this to recommends however I don't see > the need for 2 packages. It might make sense to mention the mysql server > requirement in README.Debian.
But how can a user mark the sql-server as installed-to-satisfy-dependency? I mean when I remove wordpress (or some similar package) mysql-server won't be removed until I do it manually. Wasn't the Debian package system designed to avoid such problems? Best regards, Bastian -- Bastian Venthur http://venthur.de -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]