-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi Michael,
On 08/20/11 08:55, Michael Tautschnig wrote: > > What event would induce installation of C(A)?! Let's assume neither A nor B > are installed. > > apt-get install A (no point installing C(A)) apt-get install B (B does not > depend on C(A), otherwise this discussion is pointless) > B _does_ depend on C(A), if A is installed. > ... time passes ... > > magic install C(A) ??? > > > Isn't all you want a hard dependency of dkms on both the Linux kernel and its > header package? It seems that right now this is just a Recommends. Could you > maybe elaborate why a proper Depends: is not appropriate in your opinion? > Its not any header package: dkms needs the _appropriate_ header package matching the installed kernel package. If linux-image-2.6.39-1-amd64 is installed, then dkms needs linux-headers-2.6.39-1-amd64. If linux-image-3.0-1-amd64 is installed in parallel, then dkms needs linux-headers-3.0-1-amd64, too. Its just an example, anyway. Regards Harri -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAk5QLTwACgkQUTlbRTxpHjfV9QCgkmbeutp6/YRKY6c0mp9irZqh TC4AoIBa6sBYeExw9eZLNgx+/dsg0DBn =SRKl -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4e502d42.5010...@afaics.de
