On Mon, Mar 24, 2003 at 04:08:51PM +0000, Silas S. Brown wrote: > Some shared systems have a number of users who come and go > and who have different requirements. The sysadmin might > install certain packages for the benefit of one or two > users. It would be nice if debfoster could record which > user(s) the packages were installed for, so that the > packages can be removed when those users leave/disappear > (and also it's a handy reference for why those packages are > there). > > This functionality could also be used with pseudo-users - > for example, a sysadmin of a personal machine could create a > pseudo-user for each project s/he is doing at the moment, > and record the packages that the project depends on. Then > if s/he ceases to be involved with a given project, it will > be easy to tell which packages are now redundant.
This, too, can be nicely simulated by equivs-generated empty dummy packages named the same way as the user, and depending on the packages that were installed for a user's benefit. Removing them after this user left might leave other users without the package - they might have started using the package after it was installed, and are thus not noted as users of that package. Greetings Marc -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germany | lose things." Winona Ryder | Fon: *49 621 72739834 Nordisch by Nature | How to make an American Quilt | Fax: *49 621 72739835 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
