Alexander E. Patrakov wrote these words on 04/26/06 00:45 CST: > Formally there is an _optional_ circular dependency. The text in the Wiki > will > benefit a bit if it explains when this circular dependency is indeed > unavoidable. Otherwise, people will build that "just because it is possible".
Thanks for your courteous reply to my rather curt response to your original suggestion. But do you really think folks will build the circular "because they can"? I think not, but perhaps I'm placing a bit too much expectation on the intelligence level of the readers. I can't imagine anyone installing LDAP or Cyrus-SASL, unless they have some sort of clue how to use it/them. These aren't support packages for other packages (though Cyrus could be considered that way, but only by experienced users knowing what they are doing), they are installed with the expectation that the installer knows what he is doing and why he is installing the package. Do you really think folks just install packages for the hell of it? I don't. Perhaps I'm grossly confused. But we sure don't get many support questions about LDAP or SASL. :-) Hopefully, you see my point. I'm thinking that you may just have too much expectation that newbies will be installing these types of packages, whereas I don't. They are specialized packages designed for a specific (though vary varied) purpose and I just can't imagine someone installing them, "because they can". -- Randy rmlscsi: [bogomips 1003.28] [GNU ld version 2.16.1] [gcc (GCC) 4.0.3] [GNU C Library stable release version 2.3.6] [Linux 2.6.14.3 i686] 00:50:00 up 31 days, 12:27, 1 user, load average: 0.03, 0.21, 0.40 -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
