On Tue, Nov 21, 2000 at 07:19:16AM -0700, Ivan E. Moore II wrote: > > kppp depends on ppp. As task-kdenetworking depends on kppp it is impossible > > to > > select task-kdenetworking without installing ppp. > > > > Maybe it would be enough that kppp only suggests ppp (or task-kdenetworking > > suggesting kppp)? > > (NOTE: please dont' take this personally...you are one of *MANY* who hold > this same opinion about the tasks for KDE...and you are not complaining but > rather asking so I'm not even near upset about this...) > > Ok...The ONLY purpose I have for the tasks for KDE is to create fake packages > that make up each of the individual kde* upstream packages. > > task-kdenetwork = kdenetwork > task-kdeadmin = kdeadmin > > etc... > > If I keep taking out subpackages because they depend on other packages not > found in the main packages then I'm going to end up with a bunch of > tasks that only suggest other packages. > > Where does one draw the line? If I make all the sub task-* packages suggests > then task-kde would be pretty pointless...
Maybe ppp - its not KDE. > > as it is now, there is no way for one to just do a apt-get install task-kde > and get EVERY KDE package... > > there is no real clean way to handle tasks at the moment and the current > task packages sucks I know..but... > > my opinion is that yea..so what if a apt-get install task-kde installs ppp, > or installs something else you don't want (I can understand the gripes about > a ftp server being installed)...don't use apt-get install for install tasks. > use dselect, console-apt, or one of the other programs that are coming out. > fine tune you install. > Thats what I do :-). I understand your point, I only asked because this is the one question of our students installing kde2. They are connected to a ethernet-lan and don't need ppp. Now selecting task-kde they are asked installing ppp, too, and they get uncertain. Thanks for your answer Wolfgang Walter
