Matthew Miller wrote:
2) Can't force a package to install if there are some minor dependencies
A.k.a "doesn't let you break your system". :)
For some packages, some dependencies don't matter for some uses. An
imaginary example, Mozilla could 'require shockwave-player-plugin,' but
if it's not present it will happily work and not provide the ability to
play shockwave.
Debian has a graded system of dependencies to express this.
postgresql-server requires postgresql-common (perhaps) but merely
suggests postgresql-documentation.
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John
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