On Fri, 26 May 2000, Hoyt wrote:
> > just use rpm --force ...e.g. i don't insall the mandrake_desk package becuse
> > i don't ened it so i use --force for wmaker. it's only in some cases that
> > you should use --force anyway.
--nodeps is less ... forcing.
> I often do just that =if= I understand what the dependency is all
> about, and for the average new user, that will be never.
Perhaps dependencies should be treated on several levels:
-critical dependencies (i.e. the binaries won't work at all but say
"shared library not found ...")
-need for optional features (does pam always need cracklib ? does mpg123
always need esd ? [esd is too slow for a small pentium] ...)
Sometimes a packages needs another only if certain hardware is used
sndconfig doesn't need playmidi if your card doesn't support midi (okay,
it doesn't take too much space and can be removed with --nodeps, only you
have to /know/ that).
But that's a job to extend the rpm standard and should be discussed with
the rpm maintainers, it goes beyond the work of a distribution maker,
doesn't it ?
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