* Steve Langasek [Sat, 24 Jul 2004 14:29:16 -0700]: > On Sat, Jul 24, 2004 at 09:18:41PM +0200, Adeodato Simó wrote: > > there was a thread [1] about this in debian-devel last month.
> > [1] http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2004/06/msg00133.html > > > A package depends on "apache | apache-ssl | apache-perl | apache2, php4 > > > | php4-cgi | libapache2-mod-php4". I know that apt automatically install > > > the first package of a set of alternatives, so if I run: > > I think that package should not depend on "php4 | php4-cgi | > > libapache2-mod-php4", but on phpapi-20020918, which all of those three > > packages provide. > *NO*. The phpapi-* virtual packages are not intended for use by > applications written in PHP, they are there for packages which provide > PHP extensions. ah, wasn't aware of that. then, perhaps those packages should provide "mod-php4" to ease situations like the one described? (which is what was proposed in the linked thread, to provide "mod-python") [I was of course assuming that phpapi-* ~== (equiv.) mod-python.] BTW, the python thing hasn't been fixed either. bugreports haven't been filed. anyway, was a reasonable solution? -- Adeodato Simó EM: asp16 [ykwim] alu.ua.es | PK: DA6AE621 Listening to: María Jiménez - Los celos The easy way is the wrong way, and the hard way is the stupid way. Pick one. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
