Serafeim Zanikolas <[email protected]> writes: > Perhaps a specific example might clarify the issue. > > - bogofilter (dummy package that only contains a symlink to > /usr/share/doc/bogofiflter-common) depends on bogofilter-db > - bogofilter-db is a virtual package provided by bogofilter-{bdb,sqlite,etc}, > - bogofilter-{bdb,sqlite,etc} depend on bogofilter-common > > The bogofilter binary package violates policy in that it symlinks a > directory from a package it doesn't depend on directly, even though > it's guaranteed that the /usr/share/doc/bogofilter symlink will always > be correct. The proposed policy change would not require bogofilter to > depend directly on -common, as the reason to do so is satisfied via an > indirect dependency.
I guess I'm not understanding why you don't just make bogofilter depend on bogofilter-common as well. What's the drawback? -- Russ Allbery ([email protected]) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
