On Sat, 30 Aug 2003, Simone Rota wrote: [...]
I support the second option too, with a couple of considerations:
1. The ideal solution would be to have dependencies listed also in /base and /opt. I know we discussed the thing a hundred times or so, but I'm still think that: - This wouldn't undermine the "keep it simple" idea: standard pkgtools will simply ignore deps. - It would be nice to have the same Pkgfile format for all ports.
I support his Simone's opinion. All other suggestions sound like workarounds, not like real solutions. A depends line in base is not necessary in my eyes, because base is installed everywhere. But opt is definitly optional and a user cannot read out of a Pkgfile, on which other package it depends. So without a depends line the opt Pkgfiles will depart from the keep-it-simple concept. With a depends line it becomes even simpler. pkgtools can ignore it. Just a comment for the installer (and of course prt-get). Regards Martin -- martin opel / fachbereich informatik - fachhochschule regensburg / email: martin.opel@informatik.fh-regensburg.de / web: http://rfhs8012.fh-regensburg.de/~opel/ / phone: +49 941 943-1336, fax: +49 941 943-1426