----- Original Message ----- From: "Charles Wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Robert Collins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2001 8:18 PM Subject: Re: setup current problems
> Robert Collins wrote: > > > > > Yes, which is why I'm fixing setup, not hammering on your door about > > setup.ini :}. > > Okay, well while you're mucking with the setup code, I've got a question > for you: > > 1) joe user has the autoconf package installed on his system. in the > past, autoconf depended only on cygwin, perl, m4 > > 2) now, the new version of autoconf depends on cygwin, perl, m4, AND > autoconf-devel + autoconf-stable. (I KNOW that joe user doesn't have > autoconf-devel/stable installed because they are brand new packages) > > Q: will setup automatically select autoconf-devel and autoconf-stable if > joe chooses to update his autoconf to the new version? Why? (merely > because -stable and -devel are NEW, or because of the new dependency > specified by setup.ini for autoconf itself?) The dependency. > Q: what if the new dependency was on a package -- say, 'squid' -- that > has been around a long time, and joe has previously skipped (so now it's > "permanently" skipped). Will setup present 'squid' as a new required > dependency and automatically select it if joe decides to update his > existing autoconf? Yes. Rob
