Date: Mon, 8 May 2000 14:26:42 -0400 (EDT) From: Kenneth Wayne Culver <culverk@wam.umd.edu> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: a better idea for package dependencies Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.21.0005081418410.19072-100000@sun20epsl.wam.umd.edu>
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Instead of automatically deleteing the dependencies, I think maybe it would be better to (with the use of a commandline switch) ask the user deleting the packages if he/she wants to delete a certain dependency, without letting the user delete the dependency if some other package also uses it. (Does this make sense?) For example: pkg_delete -d package-version (or some other unused switch for dependancy) remove pkg_version_dependant [Y] ? y removed! remove pkg_version_dependant2 [Y] ? y error: some_other_package depends on pkg_version_dependant2! prompt> Is this a good behavior, or should it be more automatic? I like this because it allows the user to choose if he/she wants to delete certain dependancies, and won't let them delete those dependancies if something else also uses them... ================================================================= | Kenneth Culver | FreeBSD: The best OS around. | | Unix Systems Administrator | ICQ #: 24767726 | | and student at The | AIM: muythaibxr | | The University of Maryland, | Website: (Under Construction) | | College Park. | http://www.wam.umd.edu/~culverk/| ================================================================= To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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