On Sat, Jul 27, 2002 at 09:28:56PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > On Sat, Jul 27, 2002 at 09:20:03PM +0100, Mark Brown wrote:
> > It seems pointless given that you can't actually depend on the package > > and expect it to do anything in particular - the package seems to serve > > no purpose. I mean, as far as I can tell a package providing access to > These appear to be equally valid arguments against all other virtual > packages in Debian. I wouldn't say so. For example, a C compiler ought to provide /usr/bin/cc in some form or another, a mail transport agent ought to provide a /usr/sbin/sendmail implementation and a web server ought to serve things out of /var/www by default. Other virtual packages appear to be more about ensuring that only one package tries to use a given resource at one time. -- "You grabbed my hand and we fell into it, like a daydream - or a fever." -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
