On Tue, Aug 31, 1999 at 04:32:49PM +0100, Andrew Stribblehill wrote: > In the snapshot I took of main/binary-hurd-i386/ yesterday, I find that > bsdutils is dependant upon sysvinit, although sysvinit doesn't exist. Is the > bsdutils package as Essential as the description says it is, or can I live > without it? If it's working OK with the Hurd, why should I need sysVinit?
Oh yeah, I did not upload it yet, because I wait for a response of the maintainer. I have finished it though, so you will see a package soon (within weeks). Neither bsdutils nor sysvinit are absolutely essential, but I put a lot of work in the latter, so better get it and test it when it is available, so I can enjoy seeing people using the results of my bloody nightmare coding nights :) Oh, a last note: just enter: dpkg -i --force-install bsdutils_*deb to force the installation of bsdutils. It doesn't really need sysvinit, as far as I know. I will try to put a bit of pressure on the sysvinit maintainer. Thanks, Marcus -- `Rhubarb is no Egyptian god.' Debian http://www.debian.org Check Key server Marcus Brinkmann GNU http://www.gnu.org for public PGP Key [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP Key ID 36E7CD09 http://homepage.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/Marcus.Brinkmann/
