Bjorn Munch wrote:
>
> OK, but let's then say foo doesn't "work" on its own but is a package
> that can optionally be used as an add-on by others.  If package bar is
> the only available package which can use foo, does foo depend on bar?

I'd say no, since it is possible other repositories (or the same
repository, later) will contain another suitable bar-substitute.
Unfortunately this is yet another case of needing functional
dependencies (supported in Debian) which are not yet supported by IPS.


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Jyri J. Virkki - jyri.virkki at sun.com - Sun Microsystems

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