Alexander Vlasov wrote:
> Hello,
>
> dependency on file is TERRIBLY wrong idea. Anyone who maintained big
> enough set of RPM-based linuxes can confirm this.
And for those of us fortunate enough to not have done this, can you
explain why?
And just to be clear, I wasn't expecting the package when published
to depend on a file - I was expecting the dependency to be published
as on a package, just making the packaging system determine the
correct package to list when the package is built based on the file
name, instead of requiring it to be done by the developer when
creating the package definition and then having to update it when
packages are renamed/refactored (and clearly listing what part of
that package is depended on so you don't have to re-track that down
when a package is split to determine which half it depends on).
The packaging system already does this behind the scenes for all the
libraries an ELF binary links against - I was just asking to extend
this to other forms of dependency.
--
-Alan Coopersmith- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sun Microsystems, Inc. - X Window System Engineering
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