On Monday 15 March 2010, Anton Zinoviev wrote: > > -apt-install console-setup || true > > +apt-install --with-recommends console-setup || true > > Yes, trivial, but somehow I don't like this. I don't see why c-s has to > be the package that ensures that kbd is installed. What if for some > reason some future version of c-s reduces the recommendation to only a > suggestion?
Hmm. Given that you say c-s is hardly functional without kbd that would be a rather strange decision :-) I believe in letting dependencies do the work wherever possible in Debian. > I'd do this: > if bds_or_hurd; then > apt-install keyboard-configuration || true > else > apt-install kbd || true > apt-install console-setup || true > fi I have no huge objection to this. If you say it makes more sense I'm happy to do that (except that I'll do 'apt-install console-setup kbd || true'; because of all interdependencies it's better to install them together). > BTW, since currently neither console-setup-udeb nor kbd-chooser work on > hurd or bsd, how is the installer going to configure the keyboard there? > Kbd-chooser doesn't exist on these architectures. Simple answer: it doesn't. The porters apparently haven't gotten around to that. Something like that is really up to the porters for new ports and not the "core" D-I team. > > Does that mean console-setup itself is essentially useless on kfreebsd > > and hurd? > > Almost useless. I think the fonts can be used and one can also use the > package to build linux keymaps on a hurd or bsd host. But this is not > that important to make the strong dependency a bad thing. Tell me if > you want this. I'll implement your suggestion above for kbd-chooser and am happy to leave the decision regarding dependencies to you. With the above solution it no longer matters to D-I. Cheers, FJP P.S. I just see that the subject of the mail is not correct. It should be kbd *or* console-tools, with preference for the former of course. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/201003182227.04422.elen...@planet.nl
