On Wed, Apr 10, 2002 at 12:49:01PM +0200, Robert Millan wrote: > On Wed, Apr 10, 2002 at 01:28:43PM -0700, Chris Waters wrote: > > How is dpkg supposed to query these machines? > the workstations should contact the central server and send it a full > list of which xfonts have they installed (and possibly more useful info) What happens when I SSH in from a remote machine with a rather different X server configuration in a different administrative domain? What happens when I use a machine not running Debian? What happens when not all the X servers in the network have a uniform configuration? What happens when I add X fonts in my user configuration? > note that those workstations don't necessarily need to run debian, > a simple client utility that detects xfonts and periodicaly sends > a list to the server should be enough. If the clients are debianised, > that utility could install xfonts on server requests. This is looking about as reliable as trying to express dependancies on kernel features. -- "You grabbed my hand and we fell into it, like a daydream - or a fever."
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