On 7 Apr 1999, Jan Vroonhof wrote: > Brian Servis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > Recommends: lpr | lprng, gs (>= 3.33) | gs-aladdin > > > > > > to > > > > > > Recommends: lpr | lprng, gs (>= 3.33) > > > > > > Isn't this carrying the free/non-free argument a bit far? > > In addition, the packages in "main" > > => * must not require a package outside of "main" for compilation or > > => execution (thus, the package may not declare a "Depends" or > > => "Recommends" relationship on a non-main package), > > If that is the reason then I think this either a bug in the policy or > a misinterpretation of it. It does not "require" it because the > recommends is on "gs | gs-alladin". i.e. you can satisfy it with the > DFSG free version of gs.
I agree, although a better approach might be to have gs-aladdin show Provides: gs Bob ---- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen
