Anthony DeRobertis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thursday, Jun 12, 2003, at 16:12 US/Eastern, David R. Morrison wrote: > > > > At that point, it might be possible to switch which package is > > essential > > from gettext to gettext2. However, if other packages have *assumed* > > that every essential package is present and doesn't need to be > > declared, > > then it won't be possible to make this switch. > > My point is there should already be a versioned dependency on gettext > (because of libintl) created by dpkg-shlibdeps (or the Fink equiv.) >
Ah, now I see your point. This is true, there should be, but we have not yet finished implementing the equivalent to dpkg-shlibdeps. And in fact, we've had a policy (unstated, I believe) that there was no need to specify any dependencies on an essential package. It is that policy which I'm trying to change. -- Dave ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: eBay Great deals on office technology -- on eBay now! Click here: http://adfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/711-11697-6916-5 _______________________________________________ Fink-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-devel
