On Fri, 2 Aug 1996, Warwick HARVEY wrote: > > On another note, is there an editor virtual package? Is there any interest > > in adding one? It could be valuable to add Provides: editor to ae (and > > others as well). > > What would it be used for? Are there packages that depend on having an > editor, or for which it would be appropriate to recommend one (and have any > old editor serve the purpose)? If so, no problem... > Here is a better reason:
---------------------------------- paste begins -------------------------- >From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri Aug 2 11:09:03 1996 Date: Thu, 1 Aug 1996 12:34:51 -0400 From: Daniel Quinlan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Bug#3994: ae won't deinstall Resent-Date: Fri, 02 Aug 1996 11:03:06 GMT Resent-From: Daniel Quinlan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Resent-To: debian-devel@lists.debian.org Resent-cc: Bruce Perens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Package: base Version: 1.1.0-14 I'd like to be able to remove `ae', but it won't deinstall. It should be possible to remove ANY package if I really want to. I don't like it when I'm treated like a child by the packaging system. ---------------------------------- paste ends --------------------------- So, if the base packages include a depends: editor and ae provides: editor as well as vi, joe, emacs, and others. Then, as long as some package that provides editor is installed, ae can be removed without difficulty. (Actually I think the above problem is aleviated by removing ESSENTIAL from ae, but the editor provides helps maintain the existance of some editor on the system) Later, Dwarf ------------ -------------- aka Dale Scheetz Phone: 1 (904) 877-0257 Flexible Software Fax: NONE Black Creek Critters e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------ If you don't see what you want, just ask --------------