On Tue, 14 Nov 2006 14:29:01 -0500, Bill Nottingham wrote: > Nicolas Mailhot said: > > Conflicts : > > - save your ass before you hose your system with an unsupported > > combination > > - don't force you to have half the distro as installed requires just to > > be sure there's no version conflict > > - tell you A won't work with B (version). So the obvious way out is : a. > > install a compatible b version b. remove B if you don't really need it > > Exactly. The kernel doesn't *require* that you have oprofile installed, > but it may not work with a sufficiently old oprofile. That's why a sufficiently new oprofile is provided together with the kernel in the same distribution. Only if you leave this package universe and want to use a kernel or oprofile from elsewhere, introducing such versioned conflicts may be justified. And hopefully they are well-maintained. But still, it only relocates a packaging problem from build-time to install-time. It would be much better, if compatibility were checked at build-time --> refuse to build when something in the distribution is insufficient. And if it's a fully optional package and smart, it would examine the system for compatibility at run-time. Anyway, just that it's not forgotten. There are non-versioned conflicts in Extras, and those are of primary interest. -- Fedora-packaging mailing list Fedora-packaging@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-packaging
