On Sat, Feb 01, 2003 at 05:00:19PM -0500, Joey Hess wrote: > The module package may not even be installed, the module may be used > conditionally, a versioned dependency may be needed, multiple packages > may provide the same module (and a dependency on a virtual package or an > ored dependency needed), and so on.
Ahh OK versioning I'd not considered, nor virtual packages - but I think it's fair to assume the required package(s) must be installed, otherwise the packager wouldn't be trying to automatically determine the dependancies in the first place. Thanks for the other suggestions though. Steve ---
