Jonathan Nieder <jrnie...@gmail.com> writes: > Russ Allbery wrote:
>> How about this? >> >> <p> >> The <tt>Depends</tt> field should also be used if the >> <prgn>postinst</prgn> or <prgn>prerm</prgn> scripts >> require the depended-on package to be unpacked or >> configured in order to run, or if the dependend-on package >> is desirable for cleanup done by <prgn>postrm</prgn>. > I guess I am confused; when in practice is Depends better than Suggests for > this last purpose? When you actually want it to do something. :) Suggests doesn't result in a package being installed; it's more an informational tool for high-level package managers. -- Russ Allbery (r...@debian.org) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-policy-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87sk2ftzh4....@windlord.stanford.edu
