On Sat, May 22, 1999 at 04:06:35AM +0930, Ron wrote: > The start of this thread is vague in my memory now, so apologies if I'm > off target here, but I would object to any sort of enforced kernel version > dependancy on a package. > > Just because I have the 'correct' kernel version for a package installed > is no guarantee that I am actually running it, so a dependancy doesn't > really achieve much. [snip] > My view is that if a package requires a certain kernel version, then > say so clearly in it's description. If people choose to ignore that, > well.. caveat emptor...
Or the program can be built either way, build both and autodetect which one to run. Mike Stone
