Jeremy Leibs <[email protected]> writes: > My initial workaround was to just add "Essential: yes" to the > ros-conficts control file so that now users get a much more serious > warning when they try to install a package that conflicts with it. > However, this feels like a misuse of "essential."
> Is there a preferred way to present an appropriate warning to people > when a particularly important package is about to be removed? If I were you, I'd use Essential. That's basically what it's for, and in this sort of situation for a custom package for a local environment, I think it would create the impact you want with the least customization to Debian required. -- Russ Allbery ([email protected]) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
