On Wed, 7 Apr 1999, Brian Servis wrote: > *- On 7 Apr, Bob Nielsen wrote about "Re: Why was gs-aladdin removed as > "recommends" from magicfilter?" > > 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 > > > > It already does, so basically having magicfilter with a recommends of > gs is fine, since gs-aladdin provides gs. If gs-aladdin is installed > dselect shouldn't complain. > > Package: gs-aladdin > Status: install ok installed > Priority: optional > Section: non-free/text > Installed-Size: 4417 > Maintainer: Marco Pistore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Version: 5.50-3 > Replaces: gs > Provides: gs, postscript-viewer
That's correct! Somehow the dselect in dpkg 1.4.1.1 doesn't seem to accept it. I'll check a bit further and file a bug against dpkg if necessary. Bob ---- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen
