El vie, 26-10-2012 a las 22:33 +0200, Stefan Pendl escribió: > Am 26.10.2012 22:07, schrieb Carlos R. Pasqualini: > > > > yes, but you put it on another package's dependencies... > > i want a way to say 'libreoffice conflicts with msoffice' in the > > libreoffice package definition, and 'msoffice conflicts with > > libreoffice' on the msoffice definition. > > > > So the check might be moved one level up into the profile and the > package is only added if the other office suite isn't installed. > > > > > what if i make a mistake when i'm selecting packages in the profile and > > selecting two conflicting packages? (very possible when we have profiles > > dependencies specified on different files). > > Having a conflict statement on the package definition level will reduce > > having troubles on user's machines. > > > > I wouldn't deploy two office suites in one environment, at least there > should be a difference between departments.
The office thing was taken because of an example provided, it's not the case (we use LibO AND MSOffice without troubles). > > What is the scenario that you envision? > > I would think about starting to manage hosts that have already software > installed, which would result in such a situation. I'm having exactly this trouble here, i have lot's of desktops already running, and i'm slowly implementing wpkg, but sometimes things go wrong... but i'm solving it with negative exists and the like, it's not this case. > You may just want to introduce a package "OfficeSuites", where you > include the appropriate office suites based on conditions. > Packages depending on office suites would depend on this particular package. > > This is how I manage Java dependencies/inclusions and PDF readers, for > instance. > > This way you will never apply two office suites to one host. > That's exactly what i'm saying, i need to re-think the rules i wan't to apply. As you say, i can obtain the same result arranging the rules in a different manner. Thanks! ------------------------------------------------------------------------- wpkg-users mailing list archives >> http://lists.wpkg.org/pipermail/wpkg-users/ _______________________________________________ wpkg-users mailing list wpkg-users@lists.wpkg.org http://lists.wpkg.org/mailman/listinfo/wpkg-users
