-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 >>>>> "Thomas" == Thomas Bushnell, BSG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Thomas> In order to have a virtual package, there is absolutely no need Thomas> that the various packages that provide it have compatible or Thomas> even remotely similar interfaces. But for the situation we are talking about, they would need to have the same interface, since a PGP front end needs to interact with the PGP program. So in the PGP front end depends on the "pgp implementation" virtual package, but the PGP program doesn't have an interface that works with that front end, you get a broken distribution. Thomas> Consider, for example, the "editor" virtual package. The interface: create a temporary file, launch the editor on that file, and wait until the editor finishes. - -- Hubert Chan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - http://www.geocities.com/hubertchan/ PGP/GnuPG key: 1024D/71FDA37F Fingerprint: 6CC5 822D 2E55 494C 81DD 6F2C 6518 54DF 71FD A37F Key available at wwwkeys.pgp.net. Please encrypt *all* e-mail to me. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE7MVT+ZRhU33H9o38RAhwjAJ46I/hgKZt4EYx3PLhTO6i4ehMlOwCgrSMR tDqOae/21Ox3efIWjglbVh8= =mRyB -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
