On Fri, Nov 16, 2007 at 03:28:57PM -0800, Liane Praza wrote: > Hey, luckily it doesn't to handle just this situation! > > nis/client is an optional dependency of name-services. If it's in > maintenance, name-services's dependency will still be satisfied. > Optional dependencies can be specified optionally. They're satisfied if > the service is disabled, absent, or in maintenance. (As is documented.)
This might change as part of project Duckwater is completed. > (This discussion is challenging/depressing to have when many of the > examples given don't lead to the fault that is assumed.) Indeed.