Will Fiveash wrote: > On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 02:31:10PM -0500, Shawn Walker wrote: > > > Yes, because entire is just an incorporation that constrains the versions > > of > > the packages that can be or are installed. In comparison, redistributable > > is a 'group package' that has all of its packages as required dependencies. > > Mmm, I find your description of entire a bit confusing when you write > "that can be". I interpret that to mean that it would install packages > listed in its contents that are not currently installed which is > different behavior than what I previously described.
An incorporation is a package that contains constraints on other packages (in the form of "incorporate"-type dependencies). A constraint doesn't cause another package to be installed, it merely states that if a constrained package is to be installed, it must be installed at a version that matches the version in the constraint. Danek
