"Jeff Spaleta" <jspaleta@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > On 4/21/06, Leon <sdl.web@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Dear all, >> >> This is something new and missing for linux. I think it's a great >> idea. The following wiki page explains clearly. >> >> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PackageDependencyManagement > > automatic removal of dependancies.. will only work if all applications > and scripts on the system are managed by the package management > system. That means that nothing on the system can be installed via > source which makes it outside the scope of the package management > system which may be using an "indirect" dependancy. > Nothing can be install from an alternative catelog like CPAN.. which > may be using an "indirect" dependancy. Nothing can be written locally > as a script, shell or perl or python or php or otherwise... that may > use an "indirect" dependancy. > > This only robustly works if every library and every executable and > every intepretable script which could be calling other executables on > the system is strictly managed by the package management system. > Snowball's chance in that happening on a anything close to 90% of > deployed systems. Whether its multiuser moderate to large network > deployments, or someone's home workstation the chance that a system is > rpm pure for every executable and script on the system is slim. > > -jef I think you didn't get the idea right. Basically they want to divide packages (of course installed by package manager; those installed using source, the user has to track themselves) into two groups: one is installed by the user (explicitly 'yum install') and the other is those required to satisfy the dependence. Ubuntu put this *high* priority for the next release after dapper. After reading its wiki page, it make sense to me. And I believe it will be useful. -- Leon -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
