Bug#462361: idea: allow package combinations as alternatives, e.g. a | b + c

Am 21.05.2010 16:56, schrieb Raphael Hertzog: Such a syntax change would require lots of changes in many places, I really think it's not worth the effort currently. Yes, most probably you are right. Thanks for your response anyway! Cheers, Fabian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-dpkg-b

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Processing commands for cont...@bugs.debian.org: > tag 462361 + wontfix Bug #462361 [dpkg] idea: allow package combinations as alternatives, e.g. a | b + c Bug #484293 [dpkg] dpkg: option to group dependencies, please Added tag(s) wontfix. Added tag(s) wontfix. > thanks Stopping processing here.

Bug#462361: idea: allow package combinations as alternatives, e.g. a | b + c

tag 462361 + wontfix thanks On Thu, 24 Jan 2008, Fabian Greffrath wrote: > substitute for gnome-office. The Debian package management is > currently not able to deal with this situation properly. It would be > great if the gnome package could depend on 'gnome-office | > openoffice.org + openoffice

Bug#462361: idea: allow package combinations as alternatives, e.g. a | b + c

Package: dpkg Severity: wishlist Hello, I'd like to share an idea with you that arose in my head when I tried to install the gnome meta-package. I allready had gnome-desktop-environment and (many packages of ) openoffice.org installed. The gnome package wanted to pull in gnome-office, but I t