Hi,
>>"Ian" == Ian Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Ian> On the contrary, we should not require people to follow this
Ian> method, especially when it's easy not to make this requirement.
Ian> Packages which need a particular kernel or kernel feature to run
Ian> correctly should test for the kernel version of feature in the
Ian> postinst (or in the preinst, if the package being broken is a
Ian> serious problem for the whole syste, for example for a base
Ian> package).
Ian> dpkg --compare-versions (implemented in dpkg recently) should
Ian> work on kernel version numbers, provided that pre-2 does actually
Ian> return 1.99 or whatever in uname.
Ok. Since I'm temporarily managing diald, I'll remove the
dependency in a release I'll make tonight (I hope), and add a check in
the installation scripts if needed (I'm not sure it is needed).
manoj
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