On 2010-03-17, Ron Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > On 2010-03-17 06:48, Liam O'Toole wrote: >> I'm surprised to hear that gnome-core requires gnash. It's certainly not >> the case on Lenny: >> >> $ apt-cache depends gnome-core >> gnome-core >> Depends: gnome-control-center >> Depends: eog >> Depends: gedit >> Depends: gnome-applets >> Depends: gnome-icon-theme >> Depends: gnome-menus >> Depends: gnome-panel >> Depends: gnome-session >> Depends: gnome-settings-daemon >> Depends: gnome-terminal >> |Depends: metacity >> Depends: compiz-gnome >> Depends: nautilus >> |Depends: rarian-compat >> Depends: scrollkeeper >> rarian-compat >> Depends: yelp >> Suggests: gnome-desktop-environment >> >> Which release are you running? >> > > $ apt-cache --recurse depends gnome | \ > grep -B30 ' Depends: mozilla-plugin-gnash' > gnome > Depends: gnome-desktop-environment > |Depends: gdm-themes > [snip] > Depends: gnote > Depends: mozilla-plugin-gnash >
Yes, gnome depends on gnash, but gnome-core does not. > > Package gnome depends on mozilla-plugin-gnash which depends on gnash. > > Mark could always just remove gnome. It's just a metapackage. > Yes again. But depending on how the gnome metapackage was installed, removing it can also remove its dependents. Installing one of the lesser metapackages beforehand would reduce the impact of that. -- Liam O'Toole Birmingham, United Kingdom -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
