Peter Tribble wrote:
On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 11:13 PM, Shawn Walker <[email protected]> wrote:
Andre Lue wrote:
Shawn,
Can you say if there are any future plans to include a switch to override
installing the dependencies of a package.
No, there are no plans for that. If a package declares dependencies as
required, then the package system must install them to be able to manage
packages properly. To do so otherwise is madness from a dependency
resolution standpoint.
What's more important: the correct operation of the system, or the
packaging system?
The correct operation of the system, which is why the package system
must also be correct ;)
With that said, it is planned that publication tools are enhanced so that
you can easily copy a package and strip its dependencies if you want to
customise it and install your own version.
That way is madness from a systems administration standpoint.
That depends on who you ask. What's more mad, a system that may or may
not operate correctly since the dependencies of the packages installed
may or may not be satisfied, or one that is *known* to be correct?
--
Shawn Walker
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