On Mon, May 22, 2000 at 10:26:16AM +1000, Herbert Xu wrote: > > Since there's not much point in running a fingerd on a non-standard port (at > > least I haven't seen done anywhere, or a finger program that can query > > different ports), it would seem appropriate to make these packages provide > > and conflicts with a virtual package called `finger-server', i.e. add this > > to the control file: > > > > Provides: finger-server > > Conflicts: finger-server > > You do realise that with this change, all finger daemons except one will > have to be lowered to the priority of extra?
Yes, so what? They should have been that way already, as they are all a replacement for the original finger daemon, which was (is?) standard. > Anyway, it seems to be a pointless change for potato. If it was pointless, none of the other groups of server packages would do it. -- Digital Electronic Being Intended for Assassination and Nullification
