On Wed, Dec 01, 2004 at 03:38:40PM -0500, Justin Pryzby wrote: > On Wed, Dec 01, 2004 at 09:06:24PM +0100, Eric Lavarde wrote: > > - more specific question: one of the additional packages is a plugin, > > FreeMind itself "requires" Java, the plugin "requires" Java and > > FreeMind. Am I supposed to write in the control file that the plugin > > does depend on Java, if it's already depending on something that depend > > on Java? > > Nope, Debian is sane like that.
However, if the plugin itself uses Java, it should also depend on it directly. Consider (however unlikely) that FreeMind stopped using Java; if the plugin still must have Java itself independent of FreeMind, it should have its own dependency on it. Cheers, -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
