On 6 Apr 1999, Gordon Matzigkeit wrote: >Here is a possible way of specifying the information: > >Anything that has a `|' in its dependencies means that there is more >than one kind of binary package, so, say the binary packages were >different depending on the kernel you had installed: > >Depends: linux|hurd > >If they were different also depending on the architecture, you would >say: > >Depends: linux|hurd, hwarch-i386|hwarch-m68k > >which would leave room for 4 different binary packages. > >If the package also requires an editor, but it doesn't matter what >kind, then it would simply say: > >Depends: linux|hurd, hwarch-i386|hwarch-m68k, editor > >which still leaves room for only 4 different binary packages.
[snip] >It would be nice to change dinstall so that we can create new distros >on the fly, but I think that's asking too much for an initial >proposal. > >Seconders? Seconded. (Do i need to sign this email with my debian key?) -ed
