i think the more appropriate solution would be have have backuppc check for
the required program at an appropriate time. just as during startup. also,
in the CGI interface have it check for rsync when trying to select the rsync
method and throwing an error. i dont really like having a 'big bang' type
install method that just dumps a ton of programs and their dependancies that
i wont use AND may open up network ports AND may use extra system resources.
On Dec 7, 2007 5:12 PM, Frans Pop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Friday 07 December 2007, Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom wrote:
> > On 12/07 03:04 , Samuel Krieg wrote:
> > > The packages I had to install on a minimal Debian box:
> > >
> > > apt-get install backuppc
> > > apt-get install rsync libfile-rsyncp-perl
> >
> > This is a packaging issue, and I'm not sure if it's a good thing or not.
> > The argument for doing it this way is that the admin may not use rsync
> > for backups; in which case it's better to not include the rsync package.
> > I would posit that rsync is really the best way to do backups, and most
> > people would want to do backups that way unless they had some unusual
> > situation; so it may not be bad to include the rsync packages.
>
> I've filed a BR in Debian about this [1]. IMO all packages that support a
> backup method should be Recommends as that will get them installed by
> default but also gives the sysadmin to unselect those he does not
> need/use.
>
> Cheers,
> FJP
>
> [1] http://bugs.debian.org/454795
>
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