On Wed, Nov 29, 2000 at 06:49:08PM +0100, Wichert Akkerman wrote: > Previously Ben Collins wrote: > > Then we need a mechanism so that the packages can include it, but not > > install it unless it isn't installed already. > > The famous dpkg-needs-metadata-per-file thing..
Maybe it would be easier to label things like conffiles, but call it "weakinstall". Treat it like a directory, where many packages can install it and own it, and removing them wont remove it unless no other packages have it installed. -- -----------=======-=-======-=========-----------=====------------=-=------ / Ben Collins -- ...on that fantastic voyage... -- Debian GNU/Linux \ ` [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ' `---=========------=======-------------=-=-----=-===-======-------=--=---'
