Florent Rougon wrote: > Err, no. Virtual packages aren't supposed to be used this way. Whenever > one depends or build-depends on a virtual package, it should be done > just like Joachim did: 'gawk | awk', where gawk is a real package > Providing the virtual package awk; this allows to control which package > is installed when doing non-interactive installations (such as happens > on buildds).
it is only about the build-depends, not depends. for depends, i agree to the following part at the bottom. for build-depends, i think i don't get your point above. if he doesn't need gawk explicitly but just an arbitrary awk implementation, why still listing it? mawk which provides awk is of priority required... > It also allows apt frontends to select the default choice > when something depends on awk (but in this case, the user can choose to > install another implentation of awk to satisfy the dependency). -- Address: Daniel Baumann, Burgunderstrasse 3, CH-4562 Biberist Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Internet: http://people.panthera-systems.net/~daniel-baumann/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
