Re: New virtual packages suggestion

1996-08-09 Thread Michael Shields
At 1996-07-25 16:29 +, Guy Maor wrote: >On Tue, 23 Jul 1996, Michael Shields wrote: > >> Shouldn't all non-cosmetic bugs [in buzz] be fixed? > >No, only serious bugs and security holes. Otherwise there would be no >difference betweem rex and buzz. The definition of 'serious' is a bit >vague (

Re: New virtual packages suggestion (make)

1996-08-06 Thread Mr Stuart Lamble
> The problem with this approach is that it breaks everything that assumes > that make is the GNU make - for instance, the kernel. And probably several > debian.rules files. It would probably be a fair assumption to say that make, under Linux, is GNU make: the average user would have this inst

Re: New virtual packages suggestion (make)

1996-08-02 Thread Warwick HARVEY
"Brian C. White" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I propose to add the following virtual packages: > > > > > > - gnu-makeuseful for packages like kernel-package and my new > > > compress-package (not yet released) that *need* a GNU make > > > to be used. > > >