Juliusz Chroboczek wrote: >Emilio Pozuelo Monfort wrote: >> You have not yet explained why apt pinning is not enough.
Simply because apt is not the only way to install packages. > - conflicting packages are honoured by dpkg, unlike pinning; > - a package can conflict with multiple packages, while you need > multiple pinning entries; Right. Furthermore, pinning can be used by the local admin, without namespacing pin priorities or somesuch, so itâs not something packages should do. There is another benefit: conflicting packages allow all package managersâ resolvers to find nice dependency chains, they can be cleanly removed, and they show up in dpkg.log (and apt/term.log if apt is used to install them). bye, //mirabilos -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/lp35mr$3pp$1...@ger.gmane.org
