Steven D'Aprano wrote:

> No, the job of the package system is to manage dependencies. It makes no
> guarantee about whether or not something will "work".

The purpose of establishing dependencies is to guarantee that once a 
software package is installed, all the necessary components needed for it to 
run properly are already present in the system or can be installed 
automatically.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dependency_hell


Rui Maciel
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