Daniel Baumann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > once you start doing things manually (by neither using m-a nor > l-m-e-2.6), you should also manually fulfil the depends (equis)
Following the same rationale, one could argue that every user who wants to build his own kernel should use equivis, too. Home-built kernels and kernel components are quite common (for whatever reasons), we should not place restrictions on what our users can easily achive, in a futile attempt to protect users from themselves. > virtualbox needs the module, it is useless and doesn't work without > it. that's why it is a depends. It won't start a VM, but you can surely manage VM settings without the module. A "Depends:" won't even be of much help to the user who has a -modules package installed if that package doesn't match his currently running kernel version. Let's face it: Our dependency system, as good as it may be, is okay for application software but of limited use for the OS kernel ant its components. Cheers, -Hilko -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
