-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 2011-10-03 11:50, Roman Haefeli wrote: > system and tried to install the resulting pd-pdstring package with gdebi > and got this: > > $ sudo gdebi pbuilder/sid_result/pd-pdstring_0.10.2-1_amd64.deb > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree > Reading state information... Done > Building data structures... Done > Building data structures... Done > This package is uninstallable > Dependency is not satisfiable: pd > > When I change the dependency for pd-pdstring to 'puredata | pd', it > installs fine by installing puredata. > > I noticed that only the package 'puredata' provides the virtual package > 'pd', but 'puredata-core' does not.
this is unreproducible for me: $ LANG=C aptitude show puredata | egrep '(Provides|Version)' Version: 0.43.0-4 Provides: pd $ LANG=C aptitude show puredata-core | egrep '(Provides|Version)' Version: 0.43.0-4 Provides: pd > > So, what is the correct setup meant to be? Assuming that pd-libs are > running fine with only the core of Pd, shouldn't 'puredata-core' provide > 'pd'? yes, that is why it does provide "pd". > Or is intended behavior that installing any pd-lib installs the > full 'puredata' suite? definitely not. if so, the entire split of "puredata" into subpackages would have made no sense at all. > > Or asked more generally: > What is the common practice: depending on the least necessary or > depending on then most common setup (whatever that is)? personally i have a quite strict opinion on this: "Depend" on the bare minimum "Recommend" the most common setup "Suggest" other possible use-cases i think this is in accordance with the policy [1]. other people might have different opinions. fgmasdr IOhannes [1] http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-relationships.html -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk6JiXMACgkQkX2Xpv6ydvSzxACg83+TKTtpFd8q8kLMfj8vdhAH u+gAoOiLIncv6cOnrSoXP3BKi/9Tz8U/ =enYo -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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