Sam, > Anyone who uses --nodeps on a production server needs to have his head > examined.
I agree. However, my box is not a production server, it's one I experiment with at home. >> All of this is getting away from the thrust of my original point which is >> that courier-imap does not *need* FAM - it is an option that adds >> functionality, but is not essential. > > It doesn't, but that has nothing to do with what's listed in the spec file. > The spec file provides instructions for building the package on a released > distribution. Since all recent versions of Red Hat have FAM, it is listed > as a dependency, since having it installed results in enhanced > functionality at run time. It was my understanding that the dependencies in the spec file tell rpm what packages are required to build/install the package. Nothing to do with a specific distribution. FAM may be available to "all recent versions of Red Hat" but that doesn't mean that it is installed. xinetd is available to "all recent versions of Red Hat" but that doesn't mean it is installed on every server. Anyway, regardless of this point, and as I said earlier, it's not for me to tell you how to build your software. I can only suggest what I, as a user, feel would enhance my experience of using it. If you re-read my mail, I have not suggested that you remove the dependency (though I personally would) but rather have suggested that it would make life easier if alll such dependencies are listed in the rpm build instructions. Regards, R. -- Robin Bowes | http://robinbowes.com ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ courier-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/courier-users
