Josh Triplett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Given that for 99.9% of packages it would constitute a bug to Depends: > x-window-system-core, you could add it and just let metapackages add > lintian overrides. That would catch the showeq case. On the other > hand, that seems highly suboptimal. In the absence of a better way to > check metapackages differently, this should probably remain unchecked.
I'd like to get to the point where lintian can detect metapackages, since they have different rules in a few respects. I kind of wish there were some more formal way of tagging them. That would be useful for front-ends like aptitude as well, since the rules about when they should be installed and removed are a little different. > Well, at a minimum, Depends or Build-Depends on x-window-system, > x-window-system-dev, or xorg will always constitute a bug. Adding those > would help somewhat. xorg has the same provision for use with metapackages. The build-depends part, though, seems uncontroversial, so I'm applying that. -- Russ Allbery ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
