> On Thu, 1 Mar 2001 11:45:42 -0500, Aubin Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >On Thu, Mar 01, 2001 at 05:32:48PM +0100, Marc Haber wrote: > >> I am currently working on a package that provides the framework to > >> build an IP packet filter based on netfilter / iptables. This needs a > >> 2.4.x kernel. How do I depend on a kernel-image-2.4.x? > > > >It might be simpler to just depend on iptables. > > ... which doesn't seem to depend on a 2.4 kernel. Don't even try to depend on a kernel-image package. So many people custom compile their own kernels from scratch, that you can't possibly require that a particular image be installed. And even if such an image is installed, you won't have any way of knowing if that particular image is actually running or if it's just sitting on disk somewhere. Do like the lsof-2.0.36 and lsof-2.2 packages do, and put the kernel revision in the package name, tell people what they need in the package description, and leave it up to them to satisfy that dependency. Eric -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
