On Sat, Jul 01, 2006 at 11:59:28AM +0200, Joachim Schipper wrote: > All in all, one would have to be able to mark packages as either > 'installed' or 'installed as a prerequisite'. I have a vague > recollection that I'd heard Marc Espie say something to the effect that > this was a desired feature that might be implemented at some point, but > this is not currently possible.
You're correct. I am a bit annoyed as to how to do the marking specifically. Rewriting stuff in the plist looks like a lot of work for little benefit. Adding a specific `mark' file will gobble a lot of inodes quick. Using chmod on some specific files (say mark the plist +x) sounds very kludgy....
