On 01/14/2016 10:11 AM, Andrey Rahmatullin wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 14, 2016 at 09:35:31AM +0100, Harald Dunkel wrote:
>> For running a local set of meta packages I would like to
>> express package dependencies depending upon other packages
>> installed, e.g.
>>
>> Package: xyz
>> Version: all
>> Depends: ${misc:Depends}
>> , dbus (systemd >= 215)
>>
>> Hopefully you get the meaning.
> I'm not sure I do.
>
>> Package xyz could make sure
>> that dbus is installed, if systemd is installed. (systemd
>> version 215 itself just recommends dbus.)
> What if systemd isn't installed? Nothing happens?
>
Thats what I was trying to express.
>>
>>
>> Another example:
>>
>> Package: mykde
>> Version: all
>> Depends: ${misc:Depends}
>> . kde-full
>> , mykde1 (kde-full >= 5:66)
>> , mykde2 (kde-full >= 5:77)
>> , mykde3 (kde-full >= 5:84)
>>
>> Package mykde1
>> :
>> :
> This is even less clear.
>
In this example mykde depends upon kde-full and a set of other
packages, depending upon the version of kde-full.
I am not proud of the syntax, either. Surely you have a better
suggestion about how to express this kind of package dependencies.
Regards
Harri
