On 2011-07-11 04:43 +0200, William Hopkins wrote: > If you're curious, the issue I've been having is regarding package > dependencies. Some packages seem to have extraneous dependencies outside of > what is strictly required (package build tools will tell you what is strictly > required). Packages being depended on are e.g. dbus, gconf, etc.
Could you give some examples? > Even with equivs I can't always manage to install packages without getting the > dependency because of things like preinst/postinst scripts. If the maintainer scripts actually use the "extraneous" dependencies, then maybe they are not really as extraneous as you think. Sven -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
