Re: Dependency and priority mismatches

[Dale Scheetz <dwarf@polaris.net>]

On 21 Jan 1998, Guy Maor wrote:

> Dale Scheetz <dwarf@polaris.net> writes:
> 
> > It will need to be in the base system as well, unless we want to build two
> > versions of every base package, and I'm not willing to do that with ae
> > without some very clear justification.
> 
> Not every base package of course, just the base packages that use
> ncurses and are also on the boot disks.  Actually, ae and util-linux
> (cfdisk) might be only ones in this elite club.
> 
> > >    cd .../util-linux-2.7.1/disk-utils
> > >    make SLCURSES=1 cfdisk
> > >    cp cfdisk ...
> > > ---
> > I'm not sure I follow what is being suggested here, but it sounds like two
> > packages to me.
> 
> I was suggesting either a new package _or_ requiring the boot-disk
> package to have the util-linux source available, probably not a very
> good idea.
> 
> > I think your first alternative [a seperate package for slang-cfdisk]
> > is the correct one.
> 
> There is of course, the simplest third alternative of linking the
> default cfdisk with slang, but that requires slang in /lib and on the
> base-disks.
> 
> Are you willing to have two versions of ae? - normal ae and ae-slang
> which installs into /usr/lib/boot-disks?  If not, then I won't bother
> making a cfdisk-slang package
> 
I would be willing only if forced into it. I would much rather see slang
on the base disk in /lib. This seems more the correct solution.

Luck,

Dwarf
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