>>>>> "Ben" == Ben Hines <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

>> While your way will work in a way that doesn't change code,
>> it's not maintainable.  Every person who adds a -pm module
>> would have to also remember to update the "system-perl" module.
>> 
>> I want the core "fink" tool to understand this relationship.
>> 

Ben> How about a "gurus only" option in fink.conf or something that
Ben> specifies a list of packages that fink will assume are installed? We
Ben> could allow regex in this list, to you could put something like:

Ben> IgnorePackages: "openssl.*", ".*-pm", "tetex.*"

Oooh, that would work, as long as new packages follow the right pattern.
It'd have to go into the "fink bible" about what pattern your packages
could be.

It might be simpler just to have a list of registered keywords though.

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